London’s post-punk seismographers pick up more weird vibrations on their third album. By Victoria Segal. Illustration by Cold War Steve.

From The Bottom Of An Old Grandfather Clock (reissue, 2004) DEAD OCEANS

In 1976, the revolutionary singer-songwriter LAURA NYRO returned from self-imposed exile. But her comeback confounded expectations, shifting away from the impassioned intimacies of her early albums to embrace more radical perspectives. Fifty years on, Nyro’s collaborators revisit her striking second act. “She was a hip American from the Bronx,” one friend and producer tells Rob Hughes. “But her soul was old.”

For over 50 years, BEVERLY GLENN-COPELAND has been a secret master of spiritual electronica, receiving inspiration from a “higher power” to provide healing songs for the disenfranchised. Now, he and his wife face long-deserved acclaim and grave new challenges with equanimity. “I can’t explain it, but I feel joyous,” he tells VICTORIA SEGAL .

Blue Moon is a compelling true story with standout performances from its stars

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