Back from a mini tour of Yorkshire and Stockport and cheering for supporting act Indignation Meeting
Album reviews with IAN SINCLAIR: July 19, 2022
New releases from Tallies, Neil Young & Crazy Horse, Steve Tibbetts
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ALISTAR FINDLAY is mesmerised by this multiple ‘Visions of Scotland’ assault on the audience’s eyes and senses
The Star's critics ANGUS REID, ANDY HEDGECOCK and MICHAL BONCZA reviews I Am Love, The Penguin Lessons, Freaky Tales, The Thicket
MAYER WAKEFIELD has reservations about the direction of a play centered on a DVLA re-training session for three British-Pakistani motorists
New releases from Steve Knightley, Jupiter & Okwess, Jason Palmer, Lisa Knapp and Gerry Driver, Kin'Gongolo Kiniata, Ingrid Laubrock/Tom Rainey, Dan Sealey, Simin Tande, PAZ
Peter Mitchell's photography reveals a poetic relationship with Leeds
A uncomfortably misogynistic authorial voice that sometimes seems to lack insight troubles FIONA O’CONNOR
Tallies
Patina
(Bella Union)
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WITH their 2019 debut warmly received by critics, it seems apt Tallies have been signed by Bella Union: label boss Simon Raymonde was a member of Scottish outfit Cocteau Twins, a key influence on the Canadian trio.
On their second album they once again crank the reverb up to the max, creating an intoxicating set of dreamy indie pop, with lead singer Sarah Cogan’s youthful, melancholic vocals the icing on the cake.
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