Andy Kershaw's genial tones pronouncing names of various places to an insane folk-beat backdrop, a "philosophy of time" spoken to swaying Hawaiian guitars and playful percussion experimentation, a "treatment" of the longest abbreviation in the world, the "www" phenomenon, which is a collection of people saying "www" with varying seriousness to more laid-back tropical luxury, and Kershaw again in various snippets that lead into a sunny jungle dance intrigue. It all makes up this World Of Listen With Sarah EP, and it's all in a day's work for a beacon of UK underground mischief.

Surreal cross-references fly like bards' vignettes, and Sarah is incessantly adding to her pot in the name of sorceress-like arrangement. There was a single of hers released only last week on Cherryade (My Little Hula Girl), and an alternate version appears here with a new intro that features people talking about it in a casual manner, elucidating the theory behind the track and adding effortlessly to its ironic magic, a magic that sees a cumbersome mouthful form the centrepiece of a hazy countryside dream.

It's been said before that there's a wonderful English eccentricity and natural strangeness about Sarah's recordings, and this is another release that leaves you with a beguiling tinge of benevolent Cutler brilliance. Altogether now, "www..."

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Mercury Prize 2009 nominees