Fireflies is something out of time; and something quietly special in an overcrowded and often over exposed field.
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Rion – Fireflies
Rob St John / Tommy Perman – Water of Life
As ever with Rob St John’s work, there’s an incredible amount of incidental detail that eventually (if you let matters slowly gestate) seeps into enriching the whole.
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The Wharves and The Rosy Crucifixion – Split Vinyl LP
There’s no real time for you the listener to sit comfortably as it’s a full on Trippe from the opening notes.
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Trips and Falls – The Inevitable Consequences of Your Stupid Behaviour
THIS record is psychedelic. It’s completely lost in a sort of speed freak Tim Buckley stream-of-consciousness way.
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Gonga – Concrescence
At times Concrescence comes across as a sort of extremely heavy Fairport; albeit with someone giving Dave Swarbrick a double headed axe to play with.
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Saltland – I Thought It Was Us But It Was All Of Us
…the music often hovers like some miasma in a churchyard; at times in tracks like ICA things get very “Pre Raph” in spirit.
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Esmerine – Dalmak
Just remember this record isn’t looking to pass an exam. And you’re not meant to mark it ;0 .
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Various – New German Ethnic Music
Stick in there, when you finally get a handle on the whole it can be an ever giving listen.
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The Bohicas – XXX – Swarm
I want it to be longer, louder, harsher, brasher, messier, wronger, less perfect; even if a bit less perfect; please. Please?
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Jaakko Eino Kalevi – Dreamzone
I get the feeling that I’ll get addicted to the LP when it comes out, as there is this nagging sense that Jaakko is onto something. Lord knows what.