Ripe

"The man behind Slug is named Ian Black and he spent some quality time as the bass player in Field Music. Ripe, the first Slug album, sounds unsurprisingly like a Field Music album since that band's Brewis brothers, Peter and David, share production duties and play all sorts of instruments alongside Black. The similarities are many, from the tightly constructed songs and complex vocal harmonies to the inventive arrangements, but it's the subtle differences that make the record unique ... Black proves on Ripe that he's good enough to stand on his own".

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"For all its minor stylistic differences, Ripe is very much forged in their image. But if any traditions in British indie rock are worth perpetuating right now, this inventive, engaged stable is the one to back".

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