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Mojo

2020 June

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Andrew Male

2020 June

"Second essential serving of pensive post-psych Englishness from a brand you can trust".


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506 (2020 July)

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Mike Goldsmith

506 (2020 July)

"Bob Stanley and Pete Wiggs' latest Ace curation is culled from the early 70s, when the markedly English stand-off between psychedelia, folk and jazz resulted in all manner of experimental fusion with pre-prog vibes aplenty (and lots of flutes). The trick of putting deeper cuts by better-known bands (Traffic, Yes, Argent, Mott The Hoople's gorgeous "Waterlow") next to Discogs nosebleeds again pays off - newcomers should try the shuffling breakbeats of Shape Of The Rain or Skin Alley, Mandy More's sweetly naive "Come With Me To Jesus" or ex-Spooky Tooth Andrew Leigh's tender "Windy baker Street". Gently funky, always melodious and in stark contrast (or reaction) to the societal upheaval going on around them, this is a groovy scene that's been covered before (...), but rarely with such smarts".



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