16.08.2018
The Beths - Future Me Hates Me
Once in a while, an album comes along that is immediately brilliant. You remember a time when all music sounded this good, and this fresh, but then you can’t quite remember when that was. Like a Brexiteer’s memory of a mythical past that is rose tinted and idyllic, while pointing to a future that is full of promise, free of the drudgery and dross that plagues the present day, Future Me Hates Me pillages the highlights of the past six decades and conflates the...
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26.06.2015
Trembling Bells – The Sovereign Self
There can be no doubting either the ambition or the eccentricity of Trembling Bells. The Scottish melody-loving, prog-soloing troubadours have just released their fourth album, decorated with portraits of talismanic writers and musicians from Dante to Dennis Potter, and packed with a set of wilfully bizarre and beautiful tracks. Over everything hangs the antic spirit of The Incredible String Band and Mike Heron, with whom The Bells have recently toured. The ...
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