Damon McMahon comes on like Van the Man on Astral Weeks; wild, unhinged, preaching but seemingly vulnerable; working out stuff as he goes along.
Amen Dunes – Love
Richard’s Record Review June 2014 Part The First
A new Lust for Youth record! Before you wrap yourself up in your greatcoat and button up the top button of your last clean / dirty grey shirt, let me warn you; this one feels a lot more poppy.
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MecanoUn-Ltd – Erector Set Rebuilt
In any case Dirk Polak could sing over the top of an insurance advert and make it sound as if he was discussing Camus with his mates in the pub.
Sunwølf – Beholden to Nothing and No One
So, a wipe out of a listen; a right mix of things, but really great. Beholden to Nothing and No One lives up to its title in that the record is all-enveloping, something that could completely take over if you let it.
Fear and Loving in Heaton Park – Part Twelve – And so to Bed
When abstinence and excess had rendered me peanut brittle: as vulnerable as an altar boy hearing the sacristy door lock and the soft thud of liturgical vestments.
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Nikoo – Funsports
Nikoo have started to slowly inject their sound with a tougher set of sonic additives.
WOLVON – Bother EP
WOLVON are one of the most urgent and exciting things to come out of Holland in ages; if only for their upbeat “Kosmische” attitude and refusal to get caught up in the life-sapping balls of their surroundings.
Richard’s Record Round Up – May 2014
A whole pile of records that got missed due to my MA thesis deadline. Including Hubba Bubba, Zea, Khan, Ausmuteants, Candie Hank, Perfect Pussy, Tobacco, Protomartyr, Secret Cities, Ex-Cult and Olga Bell.
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Ian Humberstone and David Chatton Barker – Theo Brown and the Folklore of Dartmoor
Let me state now; the music on Theo Brown and the Folklore of Dartmoor is wild.
Donna Regina – Holding The Mirror For Sophia Loren
Brilliant, it really is the perfect set of miniatures. Get it, give it three or four plays and you’re hooked.
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