!! stop the press : shriekback !!

something i never expected arrived today, a new shriekback album.

 

i realise that there have been other shriekback albums since their period of pop chart threatening behaviour in the 80s, but for some reason those never sounded to be proper releases, and i have never been able to catch up.

however, the new album 'cormorant' is very much a band release. barry andrews as well as martyn barker, wendy partridge and a few others (including old xtc chum andy partridge!) have formed an album which dips into the dark moods of 'big night music' as well as hidden areas of 'oil and gold' and 'jam science', yet still manages to forge ahead with a new style all of its own. barry's vocals dominate, despite the sometimes excessive use of reverb, his vocal technique is as idiosyncratic as ever, as are the lyrics.

a full review will of course be sorted out in the usual place, in the meantime here is more detail : malicious damage records

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