Late Night Tales: Metronomy

As a pop group, Metronomy that are more Four Tet than Fab Four, though with a sense of adventure that would ve made the Fabs proud. Their outing under the Late Night Tales banner journeys through the inspirations of the bands ever moving sound - Along with a few surprises. Mounts old favourite Autechre is present and correct, but then so are Kate and Anna McGrrigle and the Sun Ra of hip hop Sa-Ra Creative Partners. Joining Sa-Ra on the hip hop front, we've got Tweet s ace Drunk from her Hummingbird album alongside OutKast - Prototype , spiced with some Doctor Octagon. For pure pop, they don t come more refined than Alan Parson s Eye in The Sky , who is buffeted by outbreaks of the unsettling weirdness, among them the sadly departed Mick Karn s supple bass figurines on Weather The Windmill or Tonto s expanding Head Band the guys that brought the funk to synthesizers with Stevie Wonder and Cybernaut . Then, just when you think you ve got it figured, Pete Drake arrives with his 1964 pedal steel novelty hit Forever . This is a maze rather than a journey. Naturally enough, there is the Late Night Tales special with a sparkling Metronomy rendition of Jean-Michel Jarre s Hypnose.

Tracklisting 

1. OutKast Prototype
2. Tweet Drunk
3. SA-RA Creative Partners Cosmic Ball
4. Chick Corea El Bozo (Part 1)
5. Dr Octagon* Blue Flowers
6. Metronomy Hypnose (Exclusive Cover Version)
7. Alessi Brothers* Seabird
8. Autechre Fold4,Wrap5
9. Mick Karn Weather The Windmill
10. The Alan Parsons Project Eye In The Sky
11. Two Lone Swordsmen You Are...
12. Tonto's Expanding Head Band Cybernaut
13. Pete Drake Forever
14. Appaloosa (2) The Day (We Fell In Love)
15. Kate & Anna McGarrigle Complainte Pour Ste Catherine
16. Herman Dune* Winners Lose
17. Cat Power Werewolf
18. Paul Morley Lost For Words Pt.4 (Exclusive Spoken Word Piece)
19. OutKast Prototype 
20. Tweet Drunk 
21. SA-RA Creative Partners Cosmic Ball 
22. Chick Corea El Bozo (Part 1) 
23. Dr Octagon* Blue Flowers
24. Lonzo & The World Class Wreckin Cru* Cache Vocal 
25. Metronomy Hypnose (Exclusive Cover Version) 
26. Alessi Brothers* Seabird 
27. Autechre Fold4,Wrap5 
28. Mick Karn Weather The Windmill
29. The Alan Parsons Project Eye In The Sky 
30. Geneva Jacuzzi Love Caboose 
31. Two Lone Swordsmen You Are... 
32. Tonto's Expanding Head Band Cybernaut 
33. Pete Drake Forever 
34. Appaloosa (2) The Day (We Fell In Love)
35. Kate & Anna McGarrigle Complainte Pour Ste Catherine 
36. Herman Dune* Winners Lose 
37. Cat Power Werewolf
38. Paul Morley Lost For Words Pt.4 (Exclusive Spoken Word Piece)