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Field music: Swindoners’ pastoral epiphany, finally as nature intended...

Andy Partridge has recalled the making of XTC’s classic Skylarking album in the new Uncut, out now.

There’s a very good feature in the current Uncut on the making of XTC’s “Making Plans For Nigel”, which reminded me of a time when I was often in their company, usually in far flung corners of the world, far from their Swindon homes, including the following adventure.

Album six aims squarely at the pleasure centre

A turn to face the strange still sounds irresistibly familiar

Kate Bush, Ronnie Lane, Blur, Elliott Smith, XTC, Tinariwen, Brian Eno and much more

PJ Harvey, Lucinda Williams, Blonde Redhead, James Blackshaw, Sun Ra Arkestra, Israel Nash, Darkside and more

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