The imagined village of Belbury is an idyllic location not too dissimilar to Trumptonshire. Jolly, eccentric and full of character, the Parish has become rather adept at producing a bunch of uniquely English-flavoured electronic psychedelia. Unlike Camberwick Green and its environs however, there is a sense of ‘otherness’ about Belbury that brings to mind church [...]
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The nature of musical “supergroups” has changed a lot since the heady days of the 1970s. Instead of lurching around the globe in individual monogrammed articulated lorries, only meeting bandmates at motorway service stations while conspiring to sound louder and dress more egregiously than each other, all the fun ones nowadays have ambitions no loftier [...]
Hello, I’m on a train. Isn’t technology marvellous? The reason for this will hopefully become apparent tomorrow morning when I will be on a train heading in the opposite direction going on about something else. So, with little further ado, this is another of those “not looking forward to much at the mo so am [...]
The first time I heard Om was via Sup Pop’s 20th anniversary 2008/2009 Singles Club collection, with Gebel Barkal. It remains the most-played of the dozen singles released in that set, although curiously (a split single with Six Organs Of Admittance aside) I’d never looked at getting hold of any of their albums. I suppose this [...]
Sometimes, the hardest part of writing up one of these things is knowing where and how to start. Like this one for example. I’ve had a dull week at work where nothing much has happened except for me getting a movable-type rubber stamp which I have been duly abusing for days on end (my personal [...]
I do like singles. Honestly. It’s just that they’re an absolute sod for me to go on about on here due to the nature of how I do things around here, which is basically Put record on Type Stop when record finishes Check spelling (not necessarily in 100% of cases) Check sense made (this one [...]
First things first: this is three and a half quid on iTunes. This alone, for thirteen tracks and forty minutes of good-natured and off-kilter indie-pop, is a steal. Which isn’t the only reason why I bought it. I bought it partly because Teenage Fanclub’s Shadows was a huge highlight of last year, this project [...]
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 [...]
It’s this time of year when the demise of Woolworths hits hardest. The lack of a local dispensary of Pick ‘n’ Mix, lightbulbs, shoelaces, cookery books and blank C90 cassettes pales into insignificance when the realisation dawns that there’s nowhere that sells cheap and cheerful Christmas decorations. I have been charged this year with the [...]
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