Intastella 's Intastella And The Family Of People and Quality Street by World Of Twist came out at about the same time, and there is an obvious kinship. This album is the jewel in said movement's crown, though. The packaging matches the perceived manifesto. The Least is an instrumental and Like The Swallow veers into weird, ARKane -ish experimental territory. The rest is pop, pure pop.
Spring is quite probably the loveliest pop song they have ever done.
For me though, Girl VII sums up the album. It has a wonderful spoken list in the style of Madonna 's Vogue , but here rather than famous Hollywood stars we have a mantra of exotic locations juxtaposed with Northern stops from the London Underground. This whole album defines a time and a place for me in a way that no other record quite manages to achieve. It works a magic, and makes me like London in a quite irrational way when I hear it. Well, here is the little advice I can proffer on finding recordings .