Mixtapes for Hookers

Sadness!

I was thinking about posting my first-ever single-artist mixtape today, since I’ve pretty much done nothing but listen to PJ Harvey this past week.  But then I just read that The Long Blondes have broken up!

Worst of all the breakup is medical-related; songwriter/guitarist Dorian Cox had a stroke a couple of months ago and I guess can’t move certain parts of his body now.

The news came right as the group put out “Singles,” a collection of their early stuff, including Autonomy Boy, the early song that this blog (and my internet persona) are named after.

Here’s some highlights from their short career, which will probably make you weep or dance, or probably both, for the next thirty-five minutes:

A Knife For The Girls (demo)
Polly
Last Night on Northgate Street
Darts
Platitudes
Peterborough
Once and Never Again (single version)
All Bar One Girls
Separated By Motorways (Sexamatronic Mix)
Five Ways To End It

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