Andy Bell - Strange Loops & Outer Psych (2023)

Almost a year to the day since I released my second album ‘Flicker’ here is a technicolour companion piece that pulls together the tracks from the EPs to colour in the edges of the record.
Influences, stripped down acoustic reworks and remixes by my friends, comrades and heroes all hopefully help the listener see where my head was when I made ‘Flicker’, but also it stands up as a decent listen in its own right.
‘Hatful Of Hollow’ is my favourite Smiths album, just saying…

All tracks written by Andy Bell (Kobalt) except 3 by Arthur Russell (Domino Publishing), 4 by Raymond Douglas Davies (Sony/ATV Music Publishing), 6 by Yoko Ono (Downtown DMP Songs), 9 by Bert Jansch, John Renbourn, Danny Thompson, Terry Cox, Jacqui McShee (Carlin Music)

Recorded and mixed by AB

Additional production and remix on 1 by David Holmes, 2 by James Chapman, 5 and 16 by Richard Norris, 11 by Oliver Ackermann, 12 by Claude Cooper, 13 by Jordan Smith

Mastered by Heba Kadry, NYC

Artwork by Marc and Stuart Jones

Photography by Joe Dilworth

Tracklist
1. The Sky Without You (David Holmes Radical Mycology Remix) (5:57)
2. It Gets Easier (Maps Remix) (6:04)
3. Our Last Night Together (6:41)
4. The Way Love Used To Be (3:22)
5. Something Like Love (Richard Norris Remix) (5:22)
6. Listen, The Snow Is Falling (3:54)
7. She Calls The Tune (Acoustic Version) (3:25)
8. Love Is The Frequency (Acoustic Version) (2:51)
9. Light Flight (3:09)
10. Lifeline (Acoustic Version) (3:35)
11. World Of Echo (A Place To Bury Strangers Remix) (2:55)
12. Sidewinder (Claude Cooper Remix) (3:13)
13. Way Of The World (bdrmm Remix) (6:47)
14. World Of Echo (Acoustic Version) (3:11)
15. Something Like Love (Acoustic Version) (3:47)
16. Something Like Love (Richard Norris Remix – Instrumental) (5:21)