When I’m at my most reflective – long soaks in the bath, languorous country walks in the summer – I often think of the south-west
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7in and EP round-up May 2020 (part 1)
The Lawrence Arms – PTA (Epitaph) “Thank the facking maker” as C3 P0 might have said had the droid been moonlighting as the singer from
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Heksa – Cenizas (Pumpkin Records / SNCL et al, 2020)
I’d never heard of Heksa before. Small wonder, given the tiny life I have somehow created for myself by only speaking English and occasional bouts
Read moreVivian Girls – Memory (Polyvinyl, 2019)
The term, ‘lo-fi’ is banded about quite a lot and, sometimes is just a euphemistic synonym for ‘shite’. I can think of a few records,
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Follow Your Dreams – The Half Life of Teaspoons (TNS Records, 2020)
Follow Your Dreams are from Manchester, and are formed from the ashes of the now defunct Rising Strike. Their singer / vocalist Kaz is apparently
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Haest – Anomie (TNS Records, 2020)
I’ve seen the name “Haest” knocking around for a while, and people seemed to be of the opinion that they were good. Hence, I was
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Retirement Party – Runaway Dog (Counter Intuitive Records, 2020)
‘Runaway Dog’ is the second full-length release from Chicago indie-punk three-piece Retirement Party, following on from their debut album Somewhat Literate (Counter Intuitive Records, 2018)
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Pears – self-titled (Fat Wreck Chords, 2020)
I’ll admit it. This is pretty late, this. What’s a brother to do? The world is intent on going head first straight to hell, and
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Blind To Faith – Unstoppable War, (Isolation Records 2020)
Look, I’m not going to mince words, Belgium/Dutch powerhouse Blind To Faith are a collective of true fucking maniacs. Their performances are seldom seen things
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Drain – California Cursed (Revelation, 2020)
The great plague has put life on hold. No work, no outdoors and sadly, no excuses. So when Tony asked me to do some reviews
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