The winsome, reflective, string-driven opener Generosity is very reminiscent of fellow chanteuses like Emiliana Torrini, but has enough wit about it to stand on its own feet.
Super Furry Animals – Dark Days /Light Years
I’ve said it before but this lot are a treasure, a once in a generation band.
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Psychic Ills – Mirror Eye
If you’re the sort of person who enjoys spaced out psychic vibes fit for a summer’s evening, you could do a lot worse than check this disc out.
Lotus Plaza – The Floodlight Collective
…imagine playing two copies of the Ultra Vivid Scene LP at pretty much the same time.
Godspunk – Volume Seven
Blackpool’s greatest set of avant garde music poets compile yet another brilliant CD choc-full of punk & outré tunes to satisfy every taste.
These Are Powers – All Aboard Future
Sometimes I am reminded of PiL at their most pushy, (Double Double Yolk) at other times Health at their most enjoyable. I also see they are enthusiastically compared to Throbbing Gristle, and yes, I can see that too.
King Creosote – Flick the Vs
The daft union of brass and wibbly electronics in the intro sets up a breezy song of lust which should have Neil Hanlon drooling.
Tegendraads Festival – LVC Leiden 04/04/09
This skinny lad, who looks like some 10 year old who’s undergone severe stretching courtesy of a medieval dungeon, used a laptop, an Emu card and a keyboard to create a ferocious noise which Incendiary just couldn’t get enough of.
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Bell Orchestre – As Seen Through Windows
t’s a funny LP in some respects; there’s a lot of undeniably great music here, but somehow it’s a bit studied and pre-planned and, well, clunking…
Pope Joan – Hot Water, Lines and Rickety Machines
As with the legend of the lady pope there is something that is ultimately unsatisfying in this album.
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