It's been such a long time, and I know

I prefer new music to old but recently when Scritti Politti's Provision came up on shuffle I was shocked by how good it still sounds. Even as a fan my impression of the album at the time was that the band had defaulted to a style. Listening to it now, it feels like a fresh vein of smooth R'n'B. Recently Green Gartside spoke to John Earls about the possibility of releasing new material:

"I keep telling myself, 'Yeah, this is all going to get done,' but the problem is, I can't finish songs. Starting something new in music, that's the greatest feeling I've ever had and it happens every day. But the task of finishing a song? That's when I go, 'Oh, really, do I have to?' That's..."

 And then he paused.