MARIA DUARTE recommends a remarkable study of the friendship between a Palestinian and a Pakistani, broken by a hostile state
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Album reviews: November 4, 2020
By Mik Sabiers, Steve Johnson and Tony Burke
MATTHEW HAWKINS rakes through un-fancy words and flair-free summaries to find who and what might be flamboyant
PETER MASON is exhilarated by an exciting, well-considered and historically minded tribute to the great Trinidadian instrument
Reducing historical lives to ‘male’ and ‘female’ roles, we lose the nuance of those lives and a clearer understanding of past societies, suggests CLAIRE ISABELLA GILMOUR
CHRIS SEARLE relishes the genius of pianist Alexander Hawkins, his many ensembles, and his new album
Cults
Host
(Sinderlyn)
★★★★
New York’s Cults are back with their fourth album and a newish direction, albeit still beholden to the otherworldly dream pop that is their musical shtick.
While much is the same as before, Trials has singer Madeline Follin’s child-like vocals front and centre, the 1960s-like sound has expanded.
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