Analogue Catalogue Recommends The Singleman Affair

The first in an occasional series, in which we acknowledge that other people apart from us release records begins with the latest release from our friends at the Poptones Recording Corporation. ‘Let’s Kill The Summer’ is the mesmeric debut album from Chicago resident Dan Schneider aka The Singleman Affair.

At a time when you can’t chuck a rock without hitting a ‘psych-folk’ artist, comes a record that is actually pretty damn good. Despite taking the 60s acid-folk route and having that warm analogue glow that we love so dearly here at ACAT HQ, this is a beautiful album that refuses to be tied to any time, scene or place. You know those albums that just seem to appear out of nowhere, that leave you scratching your head wondering where it came from and who made it? ‘Let’s Kill The Summer’ is one of those records.

Just as Skip Spence’s 1969 classic ‘Oar’ soundtracked the death of the hippy dream (maaaannnnn), here’s hoping that ‘Let’s Kill The Summer’ heralds the end of the recent upsurge in nu-folk (urgh) because lets face it, people are going to have a hard time making a better record than this.

‘Let’s Kill The Summer’ can be bought online from the excellent Boomkat.com or Amazon if you want.

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