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Album reviews with Ian Sinclair: April 5, 2022
New releases from Barrie, Neil Young and Katie Spencer
MARY CONWAY applauds a new play that foresees the unscrupulous tactics of a future far-right minority government
RON JACOBS is moved to tears by an eloquent journal of heartfelt intensity and human portraiture
ROBERT OVETZ recommends a case study, from the University of Leicester, in their struggle against precarization, AI, privatisation, outsourcing, and work intensification in higher education
IAN SINCLAIR welcomes a lucid critique of a technology that reproduces and enables oppression, power, and environmental devastation
SIMON PARSONS applauds an impassioned demonstration of the fundamental role of women in the history and protection of the forest ecosystem
Barrie
Barbara
(Winspear)
★★★★
HAPPY To Be Here, the exquisite debut from Brooklyn five-piece Barrie, hasn’t been far from my stereo since it was released in 2019.
Turns out the group split up shortly after, with songwriter and frontwoman Barrie Lindsay deciding to continue solo. Any concerns fans might have are quickly dispelled, with Barbara full of the kind of dreamy and melodic synth pop that lifted their first record to such great heights.
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