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With 22 studio albums to his credit, and the subject of a concert film by Jonathan Demme, Robyn Hitchcock may be the most-celebrated British singer/songwriter that many people have never heard of. The irrepressibly irreverent, inventive & idiosyncratic trouabdour deals out another winning hand of psychedelic pop-rock, aided by a band of friends & kindred spirits.
Shufflemania!, produced with his romantic partner/labelmate and a singer/songwriter in her own right, Emma Swift (another huge favourite of ours, her stunnning album ‘BLONDE ON THE TRACKS was in our Best of 2021 list), finds Hitchcock taking advantage of his many musician friends around the world, inviting them to collaborate and contribute to ten of his new songs remotely, including Gillian Welch, Emma Swift, Pat Sansone (Wilco, The Autumn Defense), and Grant-Lee Phillips & our beloved local guitar/vocal hero DAVEY LANE (You Am I etc). Robyn Hitchcock’s easy-going sense of whatever-will-be-will-be floats through the varied compositions on SHUFFLEMANIA! as the artist slips and slides around his Beatles inspired pop offerings.
“I am thrilled to be unleashing my new record album Shufflemania! on the world,” says Hitchcock. It’s probably the most consistent album I’ve made. It’s a party record, with a few solemn moments, as parties are wont to supply. Groove on, groovers!”
