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1 week ago |
theweereview.com | Lorna Irvine
Enigmatic Pennsylvanian multi-instrumentalist Thom Wasluck has been carving his own musical niche for the last twenty years, yet has always kept a relatively low profile. Much like Richard D James or near-namesake Burial, he’s all about the music. Forever termed “gloomgaze” by the tastemakers, his oeuvre is a reminder that genres are increasingly reductive in the 2020s.
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3 weeks ago |
theweereview.com | Lorna Irvine
Parenthood, it seems, has not diluted the wayward spirit of avant-pop duo and real life partners, Merrill Garbus and Nate Brenner, aka Tune-Yards. This sixth studio album sees a return to the rawness of breakout album (the second), W H O K I L L. It’s a winning choice to strip things back a little and let Garbus’ incredible contralto soar, leaping octaves.
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1 month ago |
theweereview.com | Lorna Irvine
Andy Bell, former singer of synth pop duo Erasure, only gets more wonderful with time. This new solo album follows hot on the tottering heels of his glorious Torsten project, which was both a triumphant theatrical performance and soulful soundtrack. The opening track ‘Breaking Thru the Interstellar’ may wrongfoot the listener into thinking it will be pure pop throughout, with its hands in the air, easy-breezy house vibes.
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1 month ago |
theweereview.com | Lorna Irvine
Safe mainstream pop, a la Chappell Roan, would have been an easy route for Rebecca Lucy Taylor, aka Self Esteem, to take at this stage of her career. After all, she’s done the acting bit; Cabaret in the West End with Jake Shears, a dabble in teatime television. But she’s not an obvious pop star, she’s far more subversive, inventive and smart. Tough messages of our fragmented Britain are served with a velvet glove.
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1 month ago |
theweereview.com | Lorna Irvine
Divide and Dissolve are not your average doom metal band. Formed by the powerhouse composer and multi-instrumentalist Takiaya Reed, they have classical chops as well as face melting solos. Better yet, despite playing instrumentals, they also have something to say about the state of the world, railing against the neo-Nazi orange clown and his toxic toadies.
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