On tonight’s “Static” program (Thursday 5th June) …

We’ll speak to Southend’s art-rock theologians These New Puritans about their first album in six years, the consummate “Crooked Wing” …

Plus we’ll be spinning brand new music by The Electorate, Cate Le Bon, Rival Consoles, Alex G and more …

And we’ll dig into this week’s 2SER Feature Album from Anglo-French avant-pop stayers Stereolab, the incredible “Instant Holograms On Metal Film” …

Interview via Soundcloud:

Playlist:
MORN “Modern Man” (Speedy Wunderground)
THE ELECTORATE “Don’t Go Out” (Love As Fiction)
SHAME “Cutthroat” (Dead Oceans)
RIVAL CONSOLES “Jupiter” (Erased Tapes)
DRUGDEALER and WEYES BLOOD “Real Thing” (Mexican Summer)
REGULAR SPREAD “Don’t Change” (Private Chocolate)
THESE NEW PURITANS “Wild Fields” (Domino)
BIG THIEF “Incomprehensible” (4AD/Remote Control)
UNKNOWN MORTAL ORCHESTRA “Boys With The Characteristics Of Wolves” (Jagjaguwar)
STEREOLAB “If You Remember I Forgot How To Dream Pt. 1” (Duophonic UHF Disks/Warp)
SWANS “Red Yellow” (Young God/Mute)
NIGHT MOVES “Ring My Bell” (Domino)
DEMISE OF LOVE “Like I Loved You” (Domino)
CATE LE BON “Heaven Is No Feeling” (Mexican Summer)
TEENS “Shallow Grave” (No Sleep/Psychedelic Salad)
EGOISM “Front Door” (www.egoismband.bandcamp.com)
CIVIC “Amissus” (ATO)
TY SEGALL “Another California Song” (Drag City)
WHITNEY “Darling” (www.whitneytheband.com)
THE ELECTORATE “Unfamiliar” (Love As Fiction)
ALEX G “Afterlife” (RCA)