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New releases from The The, Memo Comma and Anna Gourari/Orchestra della Svizzera italiana
BENJAMIN POTHIER suggests that Palaeolithic cave paintings in Spain point to the ceremonial use of hallucinogenic flora
The bard confirms that the right has a humour bypass, and replays the English Revolution on period instruments
MARIA DUARTE and ANDY HEDGECOCK review Sunny Dancer, Tony, Songs of Forgotten Trees, and The End of Oak Street
JOHN GREEN relishes a powerful and moving drama that explores the lived realities of west London’s Punjabi community
MARTIN HALL welcomes a plea for greater compassion between believer and non-believer via the framework of philosophical enquiry
The The
Ensoulment
(Cineola/ear MUSIC)
★★★★★
THE first album in a quarter of a century from Matt Johnson’s The The is full of political and philosophical concerns.
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