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Tomlab's plot to issue a 7" single for each letter of the alphabet is smacking Sufjan's states thing around; while Suffy dreams up new flute charts for California or Delaware or whatever it is, Tomlab's made it all the way to T and plotted their way through the end of the alphabet.

Previous entries have in the series have included Grizzly Bear, Casiotone for the Painfully Alone, and the Blow, and the level of quality isn't letting up now.

For Q, Alig Fodder (of Family Fodder) spits up two sides of fizzy pop that would've sat well on Of Montreal's Hissing Fauna record. R goes to San Fran funky drummers Tussle, whose "Second Guessing" is treated to a remix from Blow-hard YACHT. Islands get S, which boasts, in "Flesh" the first Islands track ever recorded. And who can forget T, on which The World Court get windy and woozy. All four are available now.

As for the rest of the alphabet, well, Tomlab's all set for Erase Errata's U and the Dead Science's V in August, Scout Niblett's W, Numbers' (oh, the irony!) X, YACHT's Y, and Final Fantasy's Z in October, and David Shrigley sometime in the future. Starting with the Shrigley disc, Tomlab's switching to umlaut mode. Shrigley gets Ä, with several more dot-topped "special contributions" planned.

Please, God, let them be from Björk and Mötley Crüe.

Alig Fodder's Q:

01 Death and the Maiden
02 Infamy

Tussle's R:

01 Meh-Teh
02 Second Guessing (YACHT remix)

Island's S:

01 Dnttakemy Wingzz Away
02 Flesh

The World Court's T:

01 Animal Oracle
02 Maps

Erase Errata's U:

01 Clear Spot
02 Pass the Crimson