Maybe it’s the fact it’s All Hallow’s Eve tonight, maybe it’s the end of British Summer Time, but I dragged out some Sisters of Mercy tonight to listen to whilst ironing (black!) work clothes. (Even though they are ‘not a goth band’)

First and Last and Always is oddly fascinating, in a kind of ‘Wow, this sounds like it was recorded on a £100 4-track in someones bedroom’ kind of way. There’s some interesting tech stuff on their site about ‘Doktor Avalanche’ (It’s a drum machine).