Sorry Monks - Flora and Fauna (Bonus Track Edition) (2026) [Hi-Res]

Tracklist

01. Flora and Fauna
02. Misery Left Behind
03. Got All That I Need
04. She's So Beautiful, Pt. 2
05. So Sad What Happened To Him
06. The Meaning Of Love
07. Pretty Little Head (Country Version)
08. Devastated
09. Sad Folk Song
10. I Don't Wanna Hear It
11. When The Movie Ends
12. Thank You
13. (It's Just The) End Of The Year
14. A Little Understanding

Like consistently jangly vultures our Subjangle has swooped once again swooped to persuade guitar-pop legend Ollie Flanagan to allow us to release his latest two digital only EPs The Meaning of Love and When The Movie Ends on Digipak CD

Representing his fifth release with Subjangle, Flora and Fauna is the first of a double salvo of release with the forthcoming Nowhere Man including the EP of the same name and several new tracks) to be released on 30 January 2026.

Of Flora and Fauna Flanagan writes:

Flora And Fauna’s title track is firmly in the Sorry Monks tradition of providing a contact high with mid-sixties British guitar pop (think 'Eight Days A Week' meets 'Effervescing Elephant'). Misery Left Behind comes on like 'Hurricane'-era Dylan, telling the story of a man on the wrong side of the law and Got All That I Need is heart on the sleeve indie rock, re-treading a path well worn by Paul Westerberg.

So Sad What Happened To Him is an elegy for an actor who died young; insert your own tragic childhood idol to complete the lyrical picture. Representing the highest fidelity Sorry Monks listening experience to date (can we call it mid-fi?) the album also features five re-recordings of tracks previously released by Subjangle on the Recipe album and, demo-itis not withstanding, they are surely the definitive versions.

One of 'those acts' that gives our label a little ego tickle every time he releases with, Flanagan continues to offer himself as the master of understated retro guitar pop.