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David and Katie Pope from The Just Joans (Photo by Allan Whyte)
Song of the Day: Two brilliantly delivered, drily humorous tracks by the Glaswegian band from their most recent album, focusing on the paradox of suffocating city summer life, and insecure youths kicking off into mindless violence
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Jens Lekman
Song of the Day: From Tim Buckley’s driver perspective to one from the customer, this time in the dry humour of the Swedish singer-songwriter who finds it a haven after missing the last tram home
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Stephin Merritt and friend
Song of the Day: 'Love is ...' here perhaps less a song, more a poetic, wry, extended metaphor, but still a lugubrious bit of loveliness from The Magnetic Fields' 1999 triple album 69 Love Songs
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The Magnetic Fields, fronted by the prolific Stephin Merritt
Song of the Day: This says it all. From 2017's album 50 Song Memoir, a truly appropriate Song Bar number about friendship, love and sharing, from the prolific deep-voiced frontman Stephin Merritt
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