There's so much new music out there at the moment I don't feel like I can keep up with it, either as a listener/ fan or as a blogger. Jason Boardman's Before I Die label is at a point where every release is essential- this year the label has released Arrival and Kevin McCormick's One/ Common Place 12" and the Hawksmoor album Am I Conscious Now? which followed albums in 2025 by Klangkollektor and Sonnenspot. Now Before I Die has put out a 7" that is right up there alongside those other records, J- Walk's Never Go Home, produced in J- Walk's Stockport home studio.
The A- side is a slice of late 80s indie indebted psychedelia, the sunglasses, repetition and Vox amps of Spacemen 3 and spirit of the pre- Screamadelica Creation records- some softly sung vocals, layers of guitars and keys, a woozy organ solo and hissy drums. It's a marvel.
'You can never go home again/ There's no sense in trying'.
The B-side is Dub Never Go, a maximally dubbed out excursion with the Roland Space Echo in full effect and the ghost of King Tubby hovering around the room. The drums rattle and the bass bumps away, there's hiss and flutter, random bursts of distorted organ and acres and acres of echo. It's also a marvel.
You can find it at Bandcamp, available digitally and (maybe) with some vinyl still available.
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