Rather, Preternaturals carries on in a grand tradition of subversive English camp, and very refreshing it is too.
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Sativa Flats – Sativa Flats
And there’s something about the reedy voice that does it; underpowered, outta tune, seemingly intent on making yer man from Atlas Sound sound like Rammstein.
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The Avonden – God is Liefde
Songs like Nieuw Paaslied (New Song for Easter) or Droomgezicht come on like Lou Reed reciting his shopping list in the room next to you.
David Thomas Broughton and Juice – Sliding the Same Way
Even better, folk troubadour David Thomas Broughton manages to sound sinister and plummy and eccentrically Northern all at the same time.
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Haldern Pop 2014
Honestly, you only get this kind of thing at Haldern, Jeffrey Lewis crammed into a small bar singing pop songs about Vietnam while across the road there’s a quartet summoning the voice of Death.