New Young Pony Club- The Optimist

The second album by the British group New Young Pony Club is released in the UK on March 8, 2010. 'The Optimist' is the follow up to their debut album 'Fantastic Playroom', released in 2007. You can listen to the album exclusively streaming on their official Myspace page. "Lost a Girl" is unofficialy released as the first single.

http://newyoungponyclub.com/

Scritti Polliti's 'Absolute'

Scritti Politti have announced the release of their best of compilation which will be out at the end of March. The compilation will also feature two new recorded songs 'A Place We Both Belong' and 'Day Late and a Dollar Short'. The album compilation will take the title ‘Absolute best of album’.

http://bibbly-o-tek.com/

Instant Hit: Stranger Station- Minutes of Silence

"Minutes to Silence" was the only single ever released by Stranger Station. The single was released in 1981 for the Superwop label in France with "Strangers" as a B-side. It was one of the rare and pioneering minimal synth tunes from the early decade. Thirty years after, in 2011 that came back for another shot and released the mellow electronic "Cynthia" which was available as 7" vinyl on Attractive!.