CO-PILOT
ROTATE
DELL’ORSO
Sometimes, the best records are the ones you didn’t know you needed. The debut from Co-Pilot, aka Manchester songwriter Alan Roberts (Jim Noir) and Leonore Wheatley of International Teachers Of Pop, is a case in point. Driven primarily by woozy, retro-sounding synths, Rotate has an off-kilter DIY feel and conveys a sense of friends having fun. But serious fun, because highlights such as the pop-inflected Move To It, the spiralling Can You See or the wistful Cornerhouse are, on closer inspection, artfully arranged and imaginative sound collages. One of the best LPs of 2023.