On tonight’s “Static” program (Thursday 19th June) …

We’ll talk to Chicago’s limber noise-rock lads Lifeguard about their eagerly-awaited debut album, the raucous “Ripped and Torn” …

Plus we’ll be spinning brand new music by Guy Blackman, Cass McCombs, Four Tet, bar italia and more …

And we’ll dig into this week’s 2SER Feature Album from Zambia’s psych-funk warriors WITCH, the soaring “Sogolo” …

Interview via Soundcloud:

Playlist:
RINGLETS “I Was On That Roof Once” (Flying Nun)
GUY BLACKMAN “Touch and Go” (Chapter Music)
WEDNESDAY “Wound Up Here (By Holdin On)” (Dead Oceans)
FOUR TET “Into Dust (Still Falling)” (XL/Remote Control)
THE BUG CLUB “Living In The Future” (Sub Pop)
PULP “Farmers Market” (Rough Trade/Remote Control)
LIFEGUARD “Ripped + Torn” (Matador/Remote Control)
JUST MUSTARD “Pollyanna” (Partisan/Mushroom)
THE DEARS “Babe, We’ll Find A Way” (Next Door)
WITCH “Dancer On A Trip” (Desert Daze/Mushroom)
JEANINES “Coaxed A Storm” (Slumberland)
SYDNEY MINSKY SARGEANT “I Don’t Wanna” (Domino)
THE ITCH “Co-Conspirator” [GABE GURNSEY Remix] (Fiction/I OH YOU)
bar italia “Cowbella” (Matador/Remote Control)
HIGHSCHOOL “149” ([PIAS])
PLACEMENT “Insect” (www.placementnoisemusic.bandcamp.com)
JUMBO XL “All My Dreams” (Headlock)
MODERN NATURE “Pharaoh” (Bella Union)
GUY BLACKMAN “Men’s Hair” (Chapter Music)
CASS McCOMBS “Peace” (Domino)