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The Voluntary Butler Scheme

By Alan Souter • Aug 4th, 2011 • Category: draft

Sticky second album syndrome casually avoided, The Grandad Galaxy plays out like a day trip to the carnivals. Bursting with ear tickling, eye-dizzying sounds, melodies, effects and songs



Smallgang

By Alan Souter • Aug 3rd, 2011 • Category: draft

Like a throwback to the 90s, London quartet Smallgang have crafted a curious record that plucks riffery from the handbook of classic indie-noodling and pairs it up with literate musings.



Paul Hawkins & The Awkward Silences

By Alan Souter • Aug 3rd, 2011 • Category: long players

Another fine release from arguably the finest independent label on our shores, Audio Antihero, they continue their Commercial Suicide series of EPs with Paul Hawkins and The Awkward Silences.



Zoey Van Goey

By Alan Souter • Feb 15th, 2011 • Category: jrbig, long players

Zoey Van Goey pick up where their excellent debut album, The Cage Was Unlocked All Along, left off.



Jack Hayter

By Alan Souter • Feb 4th, 2011 • Category: short players

Former Hefner member and multi-instrumentalist, Jack Hayter delights on this collection of charmingly askew songs. “I’ve got teeth like tombstones, skin like clay, it could be the Scurvy anyway”