Richard Youngs - Belief The Memories "The Little Drummer Boy"åÊ

"The Little Drummer Boy"åÊ

sensible listeners were saved by a weighty dose of Sabbath and Nirvana

with 32 standout tracks selected by Stuart Colman fromåÊthe 75-track 3CD setåÊSassy Sugar

The album was recorded by Modest Mouse frontman Isaac Brock and engineer Chris Chandler at Audible Alchemy in Portland

infused with reverberations of country and western and deep soul

Richard Youngs - Belief The Memories "The Little Drummer Boy"åÊYoungs recorded the album in his hometown, Glasgow, as a cycle of chamber songs, a 21st century update of the solo album one musician playing all the instruments in a small one room set up. The album itself began with Youngs collecting his own percussion samples: from handclaps, a battered old cymbal, an extractor fan vent, FM radio interference, cassette hiss and a kick from a disastrously 80s sounding drum machine. These were then used to programme