Weatherall has composed the perfect soundtrack for Smith’s melancholic musings, adding another dimension to the novel – six original pieces of ambient music typified by soothing (occasionally abrasive), cyclical drones and delicately plucked acoustic guitars with a central track – ‘The Deep Hum at the Heart of It All’ – reminiscent of Sonic Boom’s contributions to Spacemen 3’s swansong Recurring (which is a happy coincidence, because ‘Big City’, from that album, was one of the songs Smith listened to as he tramped the streets in search of inspiration). On some tracks Smith narrates extracts from Unreal City in his lulling Hartlepool tones, and the soundtrack and book have been lovingly packaged together with Smith’s text unbound and hilariously annotated by Weatherall (including some brilliant anecdotes about DJ'ing in Soho bars), along with a CD and 10" of the music.

• A Chantage
• B1 Brainiac
• B2 B Is Naggin