Where Morrissey sang “I left my bag in Newport Pagnell”, Matthew “Windmill” Dillon appears to have lost his heart in the same location: his hometown. And he hasn’t found it yet by the sound of this latest lovelorn single, another instalment of his distinctive take on alt-country. In fact, this release represents Windmill past, in that ‘Tokyo Moon’ was one of two tracks on the demo that got him signed, and Windmill present, in new b-side ‘Shutters’: both though the musical equivalent of a widescreen movie.

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