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IAN SINCLAIR reviews albums by Laura Veirs, John Surman, and The Lovely Eggs

The Lovely Eggs
This Is Eggland
(Egg Records)
★★★★

THE Lovely Eggs, a psychedelic punk outfit from Lancaster made up of married couple Holly Ross (guitars and vocals) and David Blackwell (drums), achieved a real coup with their fantastic fifth record.

After writing down a list of dream producers, they cold-called Dave Fridmann of Mercury Rev and The Flaming Lips fame who agreed to work with them. The outcome of this partnership is 11 very loud, fuzzy guitar-based tracks that bring to mind ’90s bands like Tiger and Kenickie.

 

Laura Veirs
The Lookout  
(Bella Union)
★★★★


John Surman
Invisible Threads
(ECM Records)
★★★★

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