Stuff Mixtape #28 is another collection of random tunes that were in my ears during August 2024.

Here's why each of these amazing tunes made it into my playlist.

  • Feel - Sega Bodega, Isamaya Ffrench | Stumbled across this great album of heavily vocoded cover versions, I love this take on Robbie Williams' classic.
  • Dead from the Waist Down - Julia Jacklin | Another cover version from this Australian singer-songwriter.
  • Would You? - Holly Throsby & Bonnie Prince Billy | Stand out track from the Holly Thorsby album, with the lovely Prince Billy vocals.
  • Lost in the Plot (Acoustic) - The Dears | One of my all-time favourite bands and consistently under rated. The Dears are back with an acoustic version of their 2003 banger.
  • Atlas, Eyes - Illumine/Will Samson | Beautiful ambient guitar and fragile vocals, a moment of tranquility in a busy month.
  • Deux Paradis - Domenique Dumont | Mysterious French (?) vocals and instrumentation from the Leaf Label.
  • Don't get me started - The Smile | From a forthcoming album (two in a year!), the Radiohead offspring project is both menacing and delicate at the same time. Beautiful drums.
  • Seize the Day - Wax Tailor | More Frenchness, effortlessly cool and the perfect soundtrack for a hot summer day. Sounding like the Avalanches with a beret.
  • Rafters - Antony Szmierek | From a stuff mixtape favourite, Manchester flavoured rap with a message. I love the image of a single piece of confetti.
  • Want you Back - London Soul Exchange | Perfectly emulating the sound of late 90's funky house music from the UK, fantastic, soaring vocals on this dancefloor banger.
  • Daymaxxing - Physical Therapy & Patrick Holland | Gliding piece of beach house that sounds as good by the pool as on a late-night dancefloor.
  • State 20 - Ben Lukas Boysen | Glacial piece of electronica that seems to fit in so many genres.
  • Then be content (Mvt 2) - Erland Cooper | Stunning piece of classical music, wild and windswept. Taken from an album where the mastertapes were deliberately buried for year to absorb the sound of nature. Yep.
  • Crows - Talos (feat Lisa Hannigan) | Stand out track from an artist we tragically lost in August, Talos leaves a library of amazing music.
  • Cuimhne Guilinn - David Murphy | To take us home, a gentle piece of Irish music.
Listen to Stuff #28 here
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