VA - American Baroque: Chamber Pop And Beyond (1967 - 1971) Format:Vinyl 2LP CRUSH – Photos from Post-Punk

CRUSH – Photos from Post-Punk Auckland looks back at the hard-edged music of the years 1982 to 1990 through the eyes of photographer Jonathan Ganley

Recorded during Blur’s rapid rise in popularity and tabloid recognition

It’s alternately haunting and jubilant

The album features more live instrumentation than ever before on a Grimes record

Nearer to Thee

VA - American Baroque: Chamber Pop And Beyond (1967 - 1971) Format:Vinyl 2LP CRUSH – Photos from Post-PunkThe heyday of American baroque pop or chamber pop ran from 1966 to the turn of the seventies. It used string quartets, harpsichords and woodwinds to create a summer into autumn melancholy that was quite new, and quite far removed from rocknroll as Eddie Cochran would have known it. Baroque pops musicians often came from a folk background, with an affinity for acoustic instrumentation. Linda Ronstadts first band the Stone Poneys had introduced the