ALEX HALL is disgusted by the misuse of ‘emotional narratives’ to justify uninformed geo-political prejudice
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Album reviews with Steve Johnson: May 2, 2022
New releases from Bird in the Belly, Rupert Wates and Dusty the Kid
SUE TURNER welcomes a thoughtful, engaging book that lays bare the economic realities of global waste management
JOHN GREEN welcomes an insider account of the achievements and failures of the transition to democracy in Portugal
SIMON PARSONS applauds an imaginative and absorbing updating of Strindberg’s classic
PETER MASON is enthralled by an assembly of objects, ancient and modern, that have lain in the mud of London’s river
MICK McSHANE rubs shoulders with Mod legend Steve Craddock and joins in with the joyous Glasgow choir
DENNIS BROE sifts out the ideological bias of the newest TV series offerings, and picks out what to see, and what to avoid
Bird in the Belly
After the City
GF*M Records
★★★★
In a world facing seemingly endless threats of wars and pandemics it would seem appropriate for someone to release an album with a post-apocalyptic theme.
Four-piece Brighton-based band Bird in the Belly have done that with their third studio album.
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