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Album reviews with IAN SINCLAIR: November 1, 2024
New releases from The Clearwater Swimmers, Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young, Andrew Tuttle and Michael Chapman
JESSICA WIDNER explores how the twin themes of violence and love run through the novels of South Korean Nobel prize-winner Han Kang
SARAH TROTT explores short fictional slices of life in the American midwest from a middle-aged and mostly female perspective
New releases from Black Country, New Road, Anouar Brahem, and Jaywalkers
RICHARD CLARKE recommends a hugely valuable text for those seeking theoretical analysis and practical action to defend public services
JOHN HAWKINS is moved by an oral history that examines five black families pushed into homelessness in the US
BOB NEWLAND recommends an outstanding study of how images have shaped narratives of identity, resistance and power in South Africa
The Clearwater Swimmers
The Clearwater Swimmers
(New Martian Records)
★★★★
RECORDED over just three days with producer Bradford Krieger, the self-titled debut album from The Clearwater Swimmers is a notable entrance into the world.
Lead singer Sumner Bright’s melancholic vocals combined with the New York four-piece’s unhurried Americana brings to mind much-loved US indie artists like Mark Kozelek’s Red House Painters, Beachwood Sparks and Friendship.
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