Jim Jarmusch & Anika: Father Mother Sister Brother (LP)

Sacred Bones mainstay Anika joins forces with Jim Jarmusch to provide a suite of evocative instrumentals (and a couple of well-placed covers) for his latest Golden Lion-winning feature. A comedy-drama anthology film featuring Tom Waits, Adam Driver, Cate Blanchett, Vicky Krieps and others, 'Father Mother Sister Brother' is supposedly Jarmusch's best film in ages, and its soundtrack follows the gentle narrative's lead. The director met Anika at Sacred Bones' 15th Anniversary party, when she was playing alongside Jarmusch's band SQÜRL, and the main body of the soundtrack is comprised of brief, atmospheric improvisations that were hashed out in Berlin with Anika on Wurlitzer and electric guitar and Jarmusch on processed guitars. And just to round things off, there's a cover of Jackson Browne's 'These Days', inspired by Nico's 'Chelsea Girl'-era version and a version of Dusty Springfield's 'Spooky' that plays over the film's credits.