Tracklist:

1. Silver Train
2. Shipwrecked
3. Here It Comes
4. Freeze Out
5. Circles
6. When I Wake Tomorrow
7. Way Back Home
8. What Kind of Friend Is This
9. Black Autumn
10. Everybody Knows

An autumnal treasure, East Villages Drop Out has spent the past thirty years finding new ears to bewitch and new hearts to melt. The only album from this British four-piece, recorded and released in the early nineties, its long been considered one of the hidden jewels of its time, and is talked of with hushed reverence by people who know. Bob Stanley of Saint Etienne once called it an elegy for a particular brand of eighties guitar music, sweet minor chords and Dylanesque lyrics, which captures what makes it so special; in summarising its era, though, it also effortlessly transcends it. Listening now to Drop Out, its timelessness is clear. It could have been recorded by young folk-pop hopefuls in the late sixties, taking their shot at the big time; but it could just as easily have been recorded yesterday, by a group thats both reverent to musics past, but forward looking in spirit and temperament. Its that kind of album. Drop Outs pop poetry is fully formed, with a singular charm that takes in wistfulness, romance, and good times, and a clutch of deeply moving songs that are overflowing with melody and gracefulness. Its pretty much everything youd want from a guitar pop record.