ROCKETSHIP - A Certain Smile, A Certain Sadness (Reissue) Format:White Swirl Colour Vinyl LP Mantra-like figures recur

Mantra-like figures recur

Although the album came together almost effortlessly over a short period

And yet anyone who saw the 2014 tour would have sensed something different about this line-up

We want to spread like a virus and destroy anyone who thinks they are above The Mary Wallopers”

They have their own island flavour

ROCKETSHIP - A Certain Smile, A Certain Sadness (Reissue) Format:White Swirl Colour Vinyl LP Mantra-like figures recurOne of the clearest examples of an album that crafts a strange and beautiful world not quite like any other is Rocketships 1996 full length debut "A Certain Smile, A Certain Sadness." Even upon arrival, this was an experience unto itself, and 30 years later, these eight songs of bittersweet bliss still feel new. Rocketship spiked their deliciously melodic indiepop with buzzing organs, spacey interstitials and motorik repetition, aligning them with mid