46 Seconds. When Fleet Foxes first made the title track of this new album available for our eager ears to take in a couple of months ago, 46 seconds was the exact time when that song changed from being something very good turned into something utterly astounding. Since then, it’s felt like an interminably [...]
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I’ve been a bit lazy these past few weeks. And because of this, I’m now faced with rather a lot of good (and hopefully great) new releases coming up very soon and a whole bunch of recent purchases that I want to go on about but haven’t been on-the-ball* enough to sit down for 45 [...]
Debut albums are brilliant things, aren’t they? They are created as labours of love over huge swathes of time with the only pressures and constraints being those imposed by the artist. Not for the debutantes are the spectres of people in suits tapping their watches insisting that ten great songs are plucked fully-formed out of [...]
Another one I’ve been meaning to mention for ages is this record. Despite its simple premise and great execution, it’s been difficult for me to put into words just exactly why it’s so much fun to listen to and why I’ve taken it to heart so. English folk and punk, with the benefit of [...]
It’s been a strange and busy last couple of months as far as new musical treats have been concerned. In fact, it’s entirely feasible that I could happily knock out a 2011 Top Ten right now, and I’d be quite surprised if the resulting list turned out to be much different than one I may [...]
Have there been any other albums recorded on ships? This record could be a bit of a first, unless of course the answer is “yes”. HMS President (formerly known as HMS Saxifrage for any naval fans confused at this point) was originally used as a lure to German U-Boats, disguised cunningly as a Merchant [...]
*cracks fingers* Right. Due to a combination of a bunch of vouchers and a rush of high-quality releases of late, I have A Backlog. And with more stuff arriving in the mail today and a lipsmacking array of goodies due over the next fortnight, I’d better get a shift on. Although I promise I won’t [...]
I’m currently finding myself in the happy place of having far too much stuff being released in such a short space of time. There’s been a surfeit of excellent music already this year (and one probable shoo-in for Album of the Year – yes, it’s February, but the record in question is so singularly beautiful [...]
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