Whilst stocks last we have a very special CD to give away with the Veronica Falls album, lovingly compileed by Patrick from the band.

The very best pop music mixes melodrama of "Tell Laura I Love Her," which kickstarted the "teenage tragedy song" craze in the '60s, the bleak farewell of "Seasons in the Sun" in the '70s, even The Smiths' "Girlfriend in a Coma" in the '80s - all meltingly beautiful melodies with something considerably darker lurking at their hearts; the black cloud on a summer's day, the bruise on a perfect face.

It's into this long and storied lineage that London four-piece Veronica Falls quite happily fit. Welcome to the slanted and enchanted world of Veronica Falls, where serendipity, subversion, providence and a shared love for Roky Erickson's worldview all play a crucial part. After a stalled attempt recording their debut album at a studio in Yorkshire, Veronica Falls scrapped the sessions entirely to re-record the songs in three days in London. The result nails the band's quietly dissident colors firmly and vividly to the mast.

Fans may already be familiar with the likes of "Graveyard" and the galloping Dick Dale-meets-Nico surf rocker "Beachy Head" (an ode, naturally, to the infamous suicide hotspot), but here the sound and emotional palette are expanded - though still grounded in the shadows. "Right Side of My Brain" is a snarling and vicious beast, all sharp hooks and barbed wire, while "The Fountain" is more gloriously morose yet achingly beautiful pop. These dueling contrasts reach a gorgeous epitome on the astonishing "Misery," as guitarist / vocalist Roxanne Clifford sings, while, all around her, melting harmonies and chiming guitars ring out, before ending abruptly in an eerie verse sung entirely acapella.

1. Found Love In A Graveyard
2. Right Side Of My Brain
3. The Fountain
4. Misery
5. Bad Feeling
6. Stephen
7. Beachy Head
8. All Eyes On You
9. The Box
10. Wedding Day
11. Veronica Falls
12. Come On Over