it's also the closest thing to a definitive statement in the twelve-year history of John Elliott's Imaginary Softwoods and a no-brainer on the thinking head's shortlist of Elliott's most essential releases

'Black Metal' begins with the looped strings of 'Lush' and climbs from there on in

Photographer Jerry Griffith dragged Syl to a burned-out building on 43rd Street to shoot the back cover image

and again it features the drumming virtuosity of Tony Allen and other instrumentalisation from former Gorillaz/The Clash member Paul Simonon and the Verve's Simon Tong

like Janus

Technicolor Fabrics - Bahia Santiago surfer rosa it's also the closest thing