Also we are really stuck with them… almost literally. Cos Subroutine, when they wrote up our first press release they wrote all this stuff about our beards, and man… that’s followed us round. Stuff about our beards.
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Notes from the Fireside – Stardate – April 2013
Such is the album’s quality that, purely for coining the phrase “inform, educate and entertain”, I forgive Lord Reith’s utterly spineless behaviour during the 1926 general strike.
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Rodion G.A. – The Lost Tapes
Fuck me this record is unbelievably good. The mad, green-sapped beauty of this Cosmicke rumble can drive a man to drink or at least, a couple more biscuits with his brew.
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Steve Mason – Monkey Minds In The Devil’s Time
Take my word for it this is a classic, regardless of what side of the political and artistic spectrum you’re on.
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JIMH – Mo7it Al-Mo7it
You get the feeling that there are two forces at play throughout the record, a desire to distil the absolute essence of what is so beautiful about Middle Eastern music, balanced against a willingness to completely fuck about with its structures by introducing new and alien elements.
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The Revival Hour – Scorpio Little Devil
Be patient, and you should be rewarded. But it’s not a record that is going to give up its best moments lightly.
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A Hawk and a Hacksaw – You Have Already Gone to The Other World
No, this record’s got its own inherent, slightly psychedelic power to it: this certainly seems to be the most complete LP in terms of outlook; (maybe the idea of basing the idea for the record round a film helped both concentrate minds and allow a new, unifying force into proceedings).
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Seal of Quality – Fate Patterns
You could wonder how you are supposed to react to music as restless as Tickle Tickle and Cities Unfold, as it’s an ever moving myriad of attitudes and perspectives.
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Monokino – Fake Virtue
I’ll stand by an old observation I made of them, that they are a loner’s band and as such best enjoyed in the confines of your bedroom.
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Helado Negro – Invisible Life
So, we can safely predict a release that will work well in the company of a glass of red wine on a terrace, whilst idly turning the pages of the Sunday papers.