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[323] El May - The Other Person is You (LP)
El May is the working name of one-time almost Luna member Lara Meyerratken and was released in 2014 and is an album that might have slipped through the net since Dean’s contribution is as one of many additional vocalists on one track.
But it made it into my record collection since I managed to pick up a new copy on Discogs for just over a fiver, and I’m very glad I did since it is a rather lovely piece of work. I should have known because I’d already bought her first self-titled album (as a download) in 2012.
Lara was briefly a member of Luna around the time of Romantica, brought into the band to “help [them] capture the sounds of [their] new record, to play the fake strings, sampled trumptes, mellotrons and other keyboard sounds” (Dean Wareham - Black Postcards).
Dean and Britta’s contribution to The Other Person is You is to the track My Policeman is an Addict listen out for them…
Luna’s Sean Eden adds his guitar to a few of the tracks too.
At the London date of Luna’s 2015 reunion tour El May played a short and lovely support slot switching between guitar and keyboards.
- Catalogue Number: AHFOW 12/028
- Artist: El May
- Title: The Other Person is You
- Format: LP
- Bought on Discogs for £5.49 plus postage