2025 reissue 1LP pressed onto Silver Nugget vinyl.
Originally released in 2010, ‘Forever Dolphin Love’ remains a vital introduction to the strange and fantastical universe of Connan Tant Hosford. Following its release, Connan enjoyed a flurry of critical and artistic praise from the likes of David Byrne, Johnny Marr, Blood Orange’s Dev Hynes and Charlotte Gainsbourg, with whom Connan is an
ongoing collaborator.
There’s a truly mercurial quality cast over the album, which is full of subtle idiosyncrasies that gradually reveal themselves after repeated listens. ‘It’s 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 album’s most frantic and memorable hooks.
“Young hypna-delic New Zealander Connan Mockasin’s languid, mind-submerged ‘Forever Dolphin Love’ is the work of someone sounding small but dreaming big.” - Picthfork
“It’s mesmerising, addictive and comforting, littered with playful lyrics and serene melodies.” - The Line of Best Fit
For fans of Tame Impala, MGMT, Mac DeMarco, King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard, Unknown Mortal Orchestra, Pond, Mount Kimbie, Okay Kaya, Billie Black, Beach House, Foxygen, Jerry Paper, The Lemon Twigs, Sylvan Esso, Flying Lotus, Clairo, Real Estate, Washed Out,
Neon Indian, Wild Nothing, Small Black, The War on Drugs, The Drums, Devendra Banhart.
Tracklist
1. Megumi the Milkyway Above
2. It’s Choade My Dear
3. Faking Jazz Together
4. Quadropuss Island
5. Forever Dolphin Love
6. Muss
7. Egon Hosford
8. Unicorn in Uniform
9. Grampa Moff
10. Please Turn Me into theSnat