Back from a mini tour of Yorkshire and Stockport and cheering for supporting act Indignation Meeting
Album reviews with Ian Sinclair: February 1, 2022
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ALISTAR FINDLAY is mesmerised by this multiple ‘Visions of Scotland’ assault on the audience’s eyes and senses
The Star's critics ANGUS REID, ANDY HEDGECOCK and MICHAL BONCZA reviews I Am Love, The Penguin Lessons, Freaky Tales, The Thicket
MAYER WAKEFIELD has reservations about the direction of a play centered on a DVLA re-training session for three British-Pakistani motorists
New releases from Steve Knightley, Jupiter & Okwess, Jason Palmer, Lisa Knapp and Gerry Driver, Kin'Gongolo Kiniata, Ingrid Laubrock/Tom Rainey, Dan Sealey, Simin Tande, PAZ
Peter Mitchell's photography reveals a poetic relationship with Leeds
A uncomfortably misogynistic authorial voice that sometimes seems to lack insight troubles FIONA O’CONNOR
Eve Adams
Metal Bird
(Basin Rock)
★★★★
AS the cover and title suggest, flying is a central theme of the third record from Oklahoma-born singer-songwriter Eve Adams. “For me, the airplane is symbolic of something very close to death,” she says.
Written in the shadow of the passing of a family member, the jazzy-folk songs seem designed to be listened to in middle of the night. The music has minimal or no percussion, giving it a delicate, ethereal quality. “Cause trouble comes knocking and blues come your way,” she croons on opener Blues Look The Same.
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