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Stereolab, Orbital, Skunk Anansie, Elton John & Brandi Carlile, Peter Doherty, Andy Bell, Sports Team, These New Puritans

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Stereolab, Orbital, Skunk Anansie, Elton John & Brandi Carlile, Peter Doherty, Andy Bell, Sports Team, These New Puritans

We have some fantastic new releases in store this week plus lots of great 2nd hand to dig through too... 'Originally released in 1993, Orbital's sophomore album (known as The Brown Album) marked a significant evolution in the band’s sound. Tracks such as ‘Halcyon + On + On’, ‘Impact (The Earth Is Burning)’ and ‘Lush 3-1’ and ‘Lush 3-2’ demonstrated new levels of scope and ambition, the album reaching new levels of emotional connection for electronic music and balancing rhythms with melodic flourishes. The Brown Album was regarded as an instant classic, with NME awarding the album 9/10, and it was chosen...

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Holly Humberstone, National Album Day celebrates the 90s, Steven Wilson, Coach Party

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Holly Humberstone, National Album Day celebrates the 90s, Steven Wilson, Coach Party

Lincolnshire artist! 'Critically acclaimed and award winning singer songwriter Holly Humberstone releases her highly anticipated debut album Paint My Bedroom Black on Polydor/ Darkroom / Geffen. Always inspired by her environment and how that affects her sense of self andidentity, from her parent’s Haunted House to flatshares in London with The Walls Are Way To Thin, Paint My Bedroom Black represents Holly’s coming of age, growing from unknown singer at her parent’s piano to the most exciting alternative pop stars of her generation. The dark and other worldly space Holly has built and invited fans into, both sonically and visually, has been lucid and visceral,...

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