Albums
March: 18 albums you need to hear this month
This month's listening sorted
Justin Carter 'The Leaves Fall' (Mister Saturday Night)
Along with his Mister Saturday Night partner Eamon Harkin, Justin Carter is simply one of the world’s greatest DJs: his musicality is matched only by a passion for the inclusive, love-fuelled ethos and focus on real dancers at the heart of real-deal house and disco. It almost seems unfair that on top of this, it turns out that he’s a shockingly good singer-songwriter, too. Whether on purely acoustic songs or gentle analogue indietronic grooves, he conjures beautiful sketches of human fragility, hope, fear and loss. You might hear hints of Joni Mitchell, Arthur Russell, John Martyn, Hot Chip and more good stuff in there, but this is an impressively individual statement that will reward return visits. Joe Muggs
8/10
