Black Sedan - Adventure Lit Their Star (2018)

Black Sedan is a collective. Of one. And others. The collective is ralllied by journalist/author/publisher Mark Hodkinson, whose company Pomona publishes works by Simon Armitage, Ian McMillan, Bill Nelson and many more.The opening number, lead single, and centrepiece track, """"Love On Love"""" features lengthy samples from Charlie Chaplin's famous speech from """"The Great Dictator"""" (with full backing of the Chaplin estate). ''I saw the film about 10 years ago and became obsessed with the power and prescience of the speech. Since then, I've tried numerous ways to make it work properly as a song"""". Singer on Love on Love and four more tracks is Kellie While, better known in folk circles for her work with Thea Gilmore, Richard Thompson, Fairport Convention, Martin Simpson and the out-there, Reel and Soul Association. The album, Adventure Lit Their Star, has been a long time in the making and is furiously varied with no less than five vocalists and upwards of 30 contributing musicians. In its down tempo, cut-up moments it evokes Boards of Canada, Bonobo, The Avalanches, and UNKLE. But when it's upfront and at-you, it's as simple and direct as power pop maestros Nada Surf, or Oh Sees. And, of course, there's always Hawkwind - Black Sedan cover Robert Calvert's The Right Stuff, and This Is Your Captain Speaking: Your Captain Is Alive is, near enough, a tribute to space rock's finest.

Tracklist:
01. Black Sedan - Love on Love
02. Black Sedan - Why Are Churches Shaped Like Rockets
03. Black Sedan - Americans in England
04. Black Sedan - Love, Love, Love
05. Black Sedan - Even Worse
06. Black Sedan - Adventure Lit Their Star
07. Black Sedan - Joyriders
08. Black Sedan - All Fall Down
09. Black Sedan - If I Could Be Where You Are
10. Black Sedan - The Girlfriend Self-Help Book
11. Black Sedan - How Do the Dead Come Back, Mother
12. Black Sedan - Nurture the Heart (You Say)
13. Black Sedan - The Right Stuff
14. Black Sedan - This is Your Captain Speaking - Your Captain is Alive