The Fortuna Pop! All-Stars – “You Can Hide Your Love Forever”

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It was with a heavy heart that the world said goodbye to Fortuna Pop!, one of the UK’s most ardent gardeners of modern jangle-pop. However, in a bit of good news wrapped inside the bad, the label has one last treat for the faithful. Fulfilling the last obligation on their singles series, they’ve slipped out a farewell card from their roster. Members of Allo Darlin, Spook School, Comet Gain, Joanna Gruesome, Martha, The Ladybug Transistor and Pete Astor (among others) come together like the tweest version of Live Aid the world has ever seen and run through a celebratory cover of Comet Gain’s “You Can Hide Your Love Forever.” While the original 2001 single is a melancholy bit of bliss from a band that was always overdue, the Fortuna Pop! All-Stars version revamps it into a swooning wall of indie pop splendor. It’s a nice period on the works of a label that was a labor of love and a wellspring of taste.

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