Robert Wyatt - Cuckoolandcuckooland, robert wyatt's first full length of new material since 1997's 'shleep', is no less mischievous, witty, and poignant. as has become his custom, wyatt offers a set of 16 new songs seemingly composed for a wide array of musicians including annie whitehead, eno, david gilmour, tomo hayakawa, karen mantler, phil manzanera, paul weller, and others he enlisted to record it. the album is divided into two halves. the first eight selections being

How many degrees of separation am I from those realities

but with real-deal artists such as Imelda May performing alongside Jeff Beck at megawatt events such as the Grammys

William Orbit and Hot Chip

I am willingly following these sounds

By this time every member bar Jarvis had moved on but the addition of Russell Senior proved to be a pivotal turning point for the band

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and was attracting significant major label attention

reminds us of water

Crows immediately set to work on its follow-up and by January 2020 they were already back in the studio tracking what would become the ‘Beware Believers’ LP and then Covid hit

In sharp contrast to the previous Eels tour that found the band in track suits playing high octane electric rock and roll

they turned up on a split single with Davidson’s group

self-consciousness