The lead singer of Hot Chip and About Group talks about his current favourite spins
I Will Always Love You by Dolly Parton
I love this as much for the song as for the beautiful, fluid guitar lines that open it. A wonderful record.
Follow Me by Aly-Us
This is an old house tune that I'm listening to a lot. It has a spiritual transcendence about it. Very uplifting.
Memories of You by Charles Mingus
This is from Mingus Plays Piano, a whole album of piano improvisations and off-the-cuff compositions. The song, like the album, is very beautiful ? full of melody and sorrow.
Foetus by Franco Battiato
The title track from my favourite album discovery of the past few years. This English language recording by an Italian artist has a sort of clumsiness but also a poetic beauty that's quite amazing really. The synth parts are sublime, too.
I Look to You by Whitney Houston
This ballad, penned by R Kelly, is full of reverse and alternative meanings depending on whether you take it from R Kelly's or Whitney's perspective. The stuff of great songwriting ambiguity.
About Group's album, Start and Complete, is out now
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