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Lead Review: Tristan Bath On Jessy Lanza’s Oh No
Tristan Bath looks into the sparsely populated world of Jessy Lanza's Oh No, finding a record that manages to be insular without narcissism, that nods to history without being consumed by it, and that's swathed in the light of pop without bowing to its darker contemporary failings
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The Lead Review: Ed Power On PJ Harvey’s The Hope Six Demolition Project
Recorded in sessions open to the public as part of an art installation at Somerset House and released tomorrow as her ninth studio album, The Hope Six Demolition Project is an "abrasively straightforward" follow up to Let England Shake, writes Ed Power.
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The Lead Review: Ed Power On Not Waving’s Animals
With Alessio Natalizia's eighth Not Waving record out on Diagonal Records tomorrow, Ed Power traces the influences that make up this LP of "dazzling communiques", from neurologist Oliver Sacks to Italian horror director Dario Argento
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The Lead Review: Lee Arizuno On Fat White Family’s Songs For Our Mothers
"There's a lot to be said for saying the wrong thing." With today's release of Songs For Our Mothers, the awaited follow up to Fat White Family's 2013 debut Champagne Holocaust, Lee Arizuno takes his tolerance to the limit
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The Lead Review: Harry Sword On Broken English Club’s Suburban Hunting
As Oliver Ho releases the debut full-length from his Broken English Club alias on Cititrax this month, Harry Sword wanders through both his discography and the explorations of the surrealist mundanity and militaristic rhythms that litter this new body of work.
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Anthony Child’s Electronic Recordings From Maui Jungle Vol. 1
Ian Maleney examines the tonal complexities of Anthony Child's latest full length released last week on Editions Mego, including the meeting of organic and synthetic, sonic manipulation, and the intricacies of unknown place
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The Lead Review: Noel Gardner On Hey Colossus’ Radio Static High
Following on from the release of In Black And Gold earlier this year, Noel Gardener examines the group's continual moving further away from big riffs and sludge metal, into hypnotic melodies, creamy bliss, and giving breathing space to tangible human emotions
