DEAN & BRITTA

Black Vinyl
A 20th anniversary deluxe re-issue of Dean & Britta’s debut album, produced by Tony Visconti. With a bonus LP containing the EPs Sonic Souvenirs (a collaboration with Sonic Boom of Spacemen 3) and Words You Used to Say — both on vinyl for the first time.

Dean Wareham (Galaxie 500, Luna) and Britta Phillips (Luna) recorded L’Avventura in 2003 at Visconti’s Looking Glass Studios in lower Manhattan, each writing songs and with covers of Madonna, Silver Jews, and others. Sonic Boom re-mixed five tracks for the Sonic Souvenirs EP.

A1. Night Nurse
A2. Ginger Snaps
A3. I Deserve It
A4. Out Walking
A5. Moonshot

B1. Hear the Wind Blow
B2. Your Baby
B3. Threw It Away
B4. Knives from Bavaria
B5. Random Rules

C1. Indian Summer
C2. Your Baby (Can’t Stand the Rain)
C3. Knives from Bavaria (Spoonful of Fun)
C4. Moonshot (Myths of Heaven)
C5. Ginger Snaps (and Sugar Winks)

D1. Words You Used to Say
D2. We’re Not Supposed to Be Lovers
D3. Since I Lay My Burden Down
D4. Colours
D5. Distractions, Pt. 1