CONNAN MOCKASIN – Forever Dolphin Love (Repress) – LP – ‘Silver Nugget’ Colour Vinyl

LP – Limited Edition ‘Silver Nugget’ Colour Vinyl (2025 Repress).

Originally released in 2010, Forever Dolphin Love remains a vital introduction to the strange and fantastical universe ofConnan Tant Hosford. Following its release, Connan enjoyed a flurry of critical and artistic praise from the likes of David Byrne, Johnny Marr, Blood Oranges Dev Hynes and Charlotte Gainsbourg, with whom Connan is an ongoing collaborator.

Theres a truly mercurial quality cast over the album, which is full of subtle idiosyncrasies that gradually reveal themselves after repeated listens. Its Choade My Dear and Faking Jazz Together are perfect slices of lightheaded psych pop, constructed around spidery hooks, pitter-patter percussion and slow, sinuous grooves.

The title track acts as the album’s centrepiece – an ambitious suite that clocks in at over ten minutes; slithering through funk-filled interludes and lush passages into one of the albums most frantic and memorable hooks.

Young hypna-delic New Zealander Connan Mockasins languid, mind-submerged Forever Dolphin Love is the work of someone sounding small but dreaming big.
– Pitchfork

Its mesmerising, addictive and comforting, littered withplayful lyrics and serene melodies. – The Line of Best Fit

For fans of: Tame Impala, MGMT, Mac DeMarco, KingGizzard & The Lizard Wizard, Unknown Mortal Orchestra,Pond, Mount Kimbie, Okay Kaya, Billie Black, BeachHouse, Foxygen, Jerry Paper, The Lemon Twigs, SylvanEsso, Flying Lotus, Clairo, Real Estate, Washed Out,Neon Indian, Wild Nothing, Small Black, The War onDrugs, The Drums, Devendra Banhart.

Tracklist:

A1. Megumi The Milkway Above
A2. Its Choade My Dear
A3. Faking Jazz Together
A4. Quadropuss Island
A5. Forever Dolphin Love

B1. Muss
B2. Egon Hosford
B3. Unicorn In Uniform
B4. Grampa Moff
B5. Please Turn Me Into The Snat