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• A Bristol combo surely designed to send Julian Cope raving mad with excitement. Set the controls for the UFO club circa 1967 and a groovy psychedelic experience lovingly crafted with Vox amps, reverse voices, strong tea and blissful pop hooks. Stir in some patchouli, Mellotrons and lyrics like “tell me why you’ve got magnets hidden in your eyes” for a peculiarly English corduroy-clad madness via The Kinks and Blur. ‘The Combined Forces Of An Atom’ is purest ‘Relics’-era Pink Floyd garage space rock while ‘Neptune’s Beard’ renders the entire Flaming Lips’ catalogue redundant at a stroke. If it’s pastiche, it’s done with panache and it’s quite brilliant. (Kid Pensioner)
Copyright Kid Pensioner 2011
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Gary Numan
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Philharmonia/Ashkenazy
You have to feel sorry for any young pianist braving a Chopin concerto under the baton of Vladimir Ashkenazy. Poacher turned gamekeeper, Ashkenazy’s glittering career as a pianist was kick-started by success at the Warsaw Chopin…23.05.2012 READ MORE


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