Joan Shelley - Electric Ursa (Purple Vinyl) - VINYL LP

Joan Shelley returns with InchThe SpurInch her first new album in three years. The twelve-song set is a profound meditation on light and darkness, recorded in the spring of 2021 at Earthwave Farm in the Kentucky countryside. James Elkington serves as co-producer (alongside Shelley) and the album features collaborations with Bill Callahan, Meg Baird and the British novelist Max Porter along with Shelley's musical partner Nathan Salsburg.

Limited 180gm vinyl LP pressing. Includes insert. Cibo Matto was a Japanese-American band formed by Yuka Honda and Miho Hatori in New York in 1994. Their debut album Viva! La Woman is the only album to be released by them as a duo, before Sean Lennon, Timo Ellis and Duma Love joined the band. It therefore also sounds quite different from the rest of the Cibo Matto catalogue the album is best described as a trip hop fused with pop and alternative hiphop.

The debut album by Joan Shelley pressed on vinyl for the first time. Originally released in 2012 and long-elusive to fans, Ginko is the starting point for Shelley, now revered for her songwriting, Inchdazzling poetic imageryInch (The Guardian) and Inchradiant sense of calmInch (NPR Music). Standout tracks InchBy The OhioInch and InchSirenInch show what is to come. Pressed on Sea Green vinyl, packaged in a deluxe tip-on jacket, and limited to 2,000 copies.