Mark Knopfler — Metroland Music and Songs from the film 1976 If you survive something terrible

If you survive something terrible

The pharmaceutical treatment he received there left him feeling creatively and emotionally detached

Barlow (whose '90s-era Sebadoh set the bar for lo-fi bands) reappears with two of the record's strongest tracks: the poppy "Lightning Bulb" and "Back to Your Heart

yielding an unabashed and unapologetic Wye Oak

Mark Knopfler — Metroland Music and Songs from the film 1976 If you survive something terribleRecord Store Day Limited Exclusive pressed on clear color vinyl Pressed in 2019 Mark Knopfler's fine soundtrack to the film Metroland nicely evokes the picture's wistful, nostalgic atmosphere. Rounding out the collection are late '70s classics from Dire Straits ("Sultans of Swing"), Elvis Costello ("Alison") and the Stranglers ("Peaches"), in addition to left field inclusions like Franoise Hardy's "Tous Les Garcons et Les Filles" and Django