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Singles R F Chaney - Errant Feathers Ross Chaney,
the sticksman for the mighty John Francis Flynn and one third of hotly touted Irish experimental collective, Throwing Shapes, has unveiled a new release under his own name, in collaboration with the undeniable Iona Zajac. The song is a wonder, and fantastic and unconventional number, rife with nods to UK IDM and technical wizardry in its production and execution. A propulsive and envy inspiring rhythm anchors a deeply layered and always interesting six minutes, with Zajac’s spectral intonations woven throughout. A real triumph of track. AOC. bumping into one another in a studio somewhere in 1970s SoCal. Despite releasing 19 albums since 2003, The Wave Pictures’ messy oeuvre is a frustrating trait but lovable all the same. Alice, however, is said to be directly inspired by the works of William S Burroughs, best known for confounding ‘cut up’ style of writing literally pasting disparate snippets into one singular piece. EG Lankum - Ghost Town In Lankum’s fastidious hands, this reinterpretation of The Specials classic starts with a shuffling, spectral gait. Radie Peat’s unmistakable vocal is an ever welcome balm in uncertain times, amidst skeletal acoustic guitar chords and fiddle drones, slowly unveiling more familiar echoes of its source material. A truly inspired rendition of the saxophone hook taking on some elements of Bulgarian vocal choir through Lankum’s characteristically apocalyptic lens, before a sharp left turn of an outro. A majestic return to our speakers, as only Lankum could achieve. Kiwi Jr - Hard Drive, Ontario The spiritual successor to a particular aspect of Pavement, Kiwi Jr slacker charm is a dependable source of deceptively acute songwriting and dense production. Hard Drive, Ontario is at its most intriguing when you’ve slunk into the two guitars, drum and bass aesthetic and suddenly feel the sliders moving. There’s always a playful zap of synth or surge of platted basslines ready to creep in from the fringe. EG. Dream Boy – Purple ‘Purple’ announces itself. It’s brutal and sincere with a careful marriage between Allie Ryan’s anger laden ethereal vocal and the meaty capricious guitar sections beneath it. Their sound is sure on this record with confidence oozing from every aspect of the performance and production. It feels like an invitation to a whole new world of Dream Boy and mounts the anticipation for what’s to come from the Dublin 4-piece. JN The Wave Pictures - Alice Picture the Violent Femmes, Weezer, Belle & Sebastian and Teenage Fanclub repeatedly 10 Fiona Lucia - I Need to Run Fiona Lucia’s ‘I Need to Run’ opens on a breath, as though she’s bracing herself for something hard. What follows is soul-folk: a voice totally her own that moves through the psychology of shock and escape. The song feels mantric, like singing-as- processing, and resolves just when you think it mightn’t. The gorgeous outro, ‘till all is well again’, is goosepimply. A brilliant songwriter with a big EP coming. CW. Kapayja - Slowly Dublin alt-rock band Kapayja have graciously returned to the Irish music scene, following the success of their debut EP Age of the Open Book. Their new single Slowly is one of their loudest tracks yet, signalling their growing potential for new sounds. Slowly acts as the spark that reignites the excitement and playfulness that comes with a Kapayja track. One listen to the track will tell you that this band is ready and hungry to make their bold mark. EJC Kevin Herm Connolly – BADDER BADDER by Kevin Herm Connolly is a lovely folk song. The acoustic guitar blends in perfectly with the warm male vocals that resemble early twenty-tens pop, such as Imagine Dragons. Drumming with