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IAN SINCLAIR reviews the latest albums by Tallies, Keith Jarrett and Beirut
MARY CONWAY delights in a rarely performed comedy that recalls a Britain we remember in our bones
JEAN ROBERTS appreciates the way traditional panto can be remodelled into critique of the academy schools system
MARY CONWAY is riveted by a superbly crafted glimpse into the soul of a cast-off US star
MARIA DUARTE is swept along by the cocky self-belief of a ping-pong hustler in a surprisingly violent drama
STEVE ANDREW recommends a lively and often moving guide to once vibrant spaces that have been abandoned or swept away
GEOFF BOTTOMS appreciates the local touch brought to a production of Dickens’s perennial classic
Tallies
Tallies
(Fear Of Missing Out Records)
★★★★
WITH the very young founding members having met on a sound engineering course at college, Toronto four-piece Tallies cite The Smiths, The Sundays and the Cocteau Twins as key influences.
The melodic jangle of indie pop on their self-titled first album certainly echoes these seminal 1980s bands but arguably they sound most similar to their Canadian cousins, the better known Alvvays, especially on tracks like Have You and the gorgeous Mother. “My mother taught me to ask questions/She said that boyfriend will not do,” frontwoman Sarah Cogan sings on the latter.
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