I'm In Love With A German Film Star

 

Another year, another new album by Andy Bell. Pinball Wanderer will be released in four weeks and he has released a cover version as an appetizer in advance. The fact that he chose a song by The Passions from 1981 may come as a surprise at first, but it makes sense, as the original's echoing guitar is very similar to the way he plays.

What's much more surprising is that the collaboration with Neu!'s Michael Rother and One Dove's Dot Allison has turned this song into a pearl.

Justin Robertson added also a few superb remixes of a song that sounds like an early highlight of the year. You can listen to them all here.