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Merchandise is the kind of acoustic electronica that’d be the soundtrack to a summer picnic in Hyde Park , with cute animals frolicking in the sun. Two men’s reflections on everyday life has never been so glorious. Sunday Song steps up the pace a little with a touch of Badly Drawn Boy had he ever got out from underneath his hat and, in Distil Disappointment, joined the Thrills. Totally pure, grandiose pop music that along with the title makes you wonder why we make our lives so complicated. The sound of pastoral idylls and eternal sunshine.

Credits: friends making records, modern life being rubbish, having a whole album of beautiful music.