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English Country by CUSP – Album Review
By Brad Jones It’s often hard to strike the right balance between rawness and replication when it comes to a ... -
On The Record by Gilbert O’Sullivan – Album Review
By Ellie Victor There is something rather wonderful about Gilbert O’Sullivan still making records at nearly 80, particularly when the ... -
The Sound of Milk by Camille – Album Review
By Ellie Victor Most albums begin with a song. Camille’s latest begins, effectively, with a family being a family: breathing, ... -
Songs from the Wedding Cake by Blossoms – Album Review
By Brad Jones Having taken quite the left turn from the introspective, ballad-heavy 2022 album Ribbon Around The Bomb to ... -
Bloom by Eyre Llew – Album Review
By David Schuster Let’s get the elephant in the room out in the open straight away. Then we can release ... -
Half-Told Tales by Arab Strap – Album Review
By David Schuster The music industry is a fickle creature. Like the fictional Persian king who demanded his wife, Scheherazade, ... -
Sparks Live on the Moon by Sparks – Album Review
By Ellie Victor Sparks have always been a curious live proposition. On record, Ron and Russell Mael construct their songs ... -
Tell The Summer Hang On by Some Velvet Morning – Album Review
By Ellie Victor Despite the name, anyone coming to Some Velvet Morning expecting silken Lee Hazlewood crooning or desert-noir oddness ... -
What Lies Beneath by Serious Child – Album Review
By Ellie Victor Alan Young, the songwriter behind Serious Child, has always had a gift for turning small human details ... -
The World Is To Dig by They Might Be Giants – Album Review
By Ellie Victor It is never an easy assignment, reviewing the latest They Might Be Giants album. Where do you ... -
Eugene McGuinness Versus The Universe by Eugene McGuinness – Album Review
By Ellie Victor Eugene McGuinness has always been a slippery figure in British songwriting. Since emerging in the late 2000s ... -
Knots & Chains by Lone Assembly – Album Review
By Ellie Victor For someone who actually has Echo and the Bunnymen cited in my biography, a gothic-leaning, widescreen, raincoat-flapping ...
