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Wendy Rigg is planning a summer of festival fun – but what is it about nostalgic music that makes us feel so good?

Looks Like Rain (reissue, 1969) FAT POSSUM 9/10

U.S. Girls ★★★★ Scratch It 4AD. CD/DL/LP ...

With 28 albums’ worth of songs to choose from, “hopefully there will be some surprises”.

Thirty years ago, Marillion released their final album on EMI, their first not to reach the UK Top 10. Afraid Of Sunlight has since been hailed as one of the band’s greatest recordings, but tragedy lay at its heart, even though it kickstarted their career as one of the most successful independent groups. The band recall the challenging times that threatened their career and, at times, their sanity.

To celebrate the imminent arrival of Tracks II: The Lost Albums , Uncut takes a revelatory trip inside the archives of BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN . There, we piece together the stories behind an unexpected and expansive alternate discography not even the most devout Bruce fans could have imagined – from garage sessions and solo experiments to film soundtracks, pared-down dustbowl dramas, Vegas swing and more. “If you want to understand how Springsteen works creatively, he’s never shown you more of his cards than he does here,” one collaborator confides to Peter Watts