The Big Issue - UK (2020-03-02)

acon Blue’s new album City of Love is out on

þƢěʼnᚅ᠐ȃĩŎƢ/ƿƢŻƟĩþűþűĢÃfƷŻƿƢĚĩłŎűƪ

ĩƢŦŎűŻűěƷŻĚĩƢڑᚄ᠄ĩűĢŎűłŻű'ĩěĩůĚĩƢᚃ

GŦþƪłŻǜᡒƪ®®/NǢĢƢŻ

It’s remembered for Michael Stipe playing on the
ƢŻŻůŎĩŦþǜ᠄®ʼnĩĩűþ/þƪƷŻűĚĩŎűłĚŻŻĩĢþűĢĚŻƷƷŦĩĢŻDzŁŻű
Glasgow Green and Ricky Ross angrily accusing the Labour
£þƢƷǢŻŁĚĩŎűłŎűĩDzŁĩěƷƿþŦŎű®ěŻƷŦþűĢþƷþƷŎůĩǜʼnĩű¼ŻƢŎĩƪǜĩƢĩ
ěƿƷƷŎűłŻDzŁƷʼnĩěŻƿűƷƢǢᡒƪůþűƿŁþěƷƿƢŎűłŦŎŁĩĚŦŻŻĢþűĢƿƪŎűł
Scotland as a test ground for the Community Charge (more
ěŻůůŻűŦǢţűŻǜűþƪƷʼnĩ£ŻŦŦ¼þǡᠨ᠐ƢŻþĢěþƪƷþƢŻƿűĢƷʼnĩ
country live on Channel 4, it sounded a political and cultural
ţŦþǡŻűŁƢŻůƷʼnĩĚþűţƪŻŁƷʼnĩ ŦǢĢĩƷŻƷʼnĩƢĩƪƷŻŁƷʼnĩÃf᠐
FþƪƷŁŻƢǜþƢĢᚂᙹǢĩþƢƪþűĢƷʼnĩƟŻƪƷᠸƢĩǡŎƷƟŻŦŎƷŎěþŦĢŎƪƪŻűþűěĩ
ĚĩƷǜĩĩűűŻƢƷʼnþűĢƪŻƿƷʼnŻűěĩþłþŎűƟƢŻǛŎĢĩƪƪƷþƢţƟþƢþŦŦĩŦƪ᠐
ᡉSƷʼnŎűţŎƷᡒƪfƷŻĚĩþűłƢǢűŻǜþűĢþłþŎű᠄ᡐ¦ŻƪƪƪþǢƪ᠄
ƢĩěþŦŦŎűłƷʼnĩůŻŻĢŻŁƷʼnþƷĢþǢŎű ژژᙹ᠐ᡉƿƷSǜŻƿŦĢĢĩȀűŎƷĩŦǢ
ʼnþǛĩĩǡƟƢĩƪƪĩĢŎƷĢŎDzŁĩƢĩűƷŦǢ᠐
“I think a lot of people think, undoubtedly, that we are in a
horrible position politically at the moment, because we have a
¼ŻƢǢłŻǛĩƢűůĩűƷŎűěŻűƷƢŻŦ᠐/ǛĩűƟĩŻƟŦĩǜʼnŻĢŻűᡒƷĚĩŦŎĩǛĩ
in independence as an idea seem to think of it as the direction
ŻŁƷƢþǛĩŦűŻǜ᠐
ᡉȃĩƢĩᡒƪþŦŻƷŻŁƪƷƿDzŁƷŻŦĩþƢűĚĩŁŻƢĩǢŻƿłĩƷƷŻƷʼnþƷƟŻŎűƷ᠐
ȃĩƢĩᡒƪʼnŻƟĩ᠄ĢĩȀűŎƷĩŦǢ᠄ĚƿƷǢŻƿʼnþǛĩƷŻƢĩǴŦĩěƷþűĢěʼnþűłĩ᠄þĢþƟƷ
ƷŻƷʼnĩěŎƢěƿůƪƷþűěĩƪ᠐æŻƿʼnþǛĩƷŻĢĩþŦǜŎƷʼnƷʼnĩłŻǛĩƢűůĩűƷ
ƷʼnþƷᡒƪƷʼnĩƢĩ᠄ĚĩěþƿƪĩƷʼnĩǢᡒƢĩƷʼnĩƢĩŁŻƢȀǛĩǢĩþƢƪ᠄ůþǢĚĩ ᙹ᠐æŻƿ
ěþűᡒƷŠƿƪƷłŻŻűþěŻűƪƷþűƷᡑþűƷŎᡒƪƷþűěĩ᠐ᡐ
ȃĩĩűĢƿƢŎűłþƟƟĩþŦŻŁƷʼnĩŎƢůƿƪŎěŎƪŎűűŻĢŻƿĚƷᠵƷʼnĩ
new album’s title track City of Love was on the Radio 2 A-list
ŁŻƢ ŁŻƿƢ ǜĩĩţƪŻǛĩƢ ʼnƢŎƪƷůþƪᠵĚƿƷ᠄ŎűƢĩǡŎƷƢŎƷþŎű᠄ƟŻŦŎƷŎěþŦ
presumption is less predictable, as they discovered on tour
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Ǣƪ᠃ᡉàʼnĩűǢŻƿƪƷþƢƷŻDzŁǢŻƿʼnþǛĩűŻƷʼnŎűłƷŻŦŻƪĩ᠐
ǢŻƿ ǜþűƷþűĢƪþǢǜʼnþƷǢŻƿǜþűƷ᠐¦ŎěţǢǜŻƿŦĢ
csall the time, we’d go to towns in the north
paigning for Labour, talking about Margaret
Żƿ ŁĩŦƷƷʼnþƷƷʼnĩƪĩƟĩŻƟŦĩǜĩƢĩþŦŦǜŎƷʼnƿƪ᠐
ʼnþǛĩ ĚĩěŻůĩůƿěʼnůŻƢĩěŻůƟŦŎěþƷĩĢ᠐Łĩǜ
talked about refugees washing up on the shores
aly,and one night on the tour someone shouted,
ůĩ᠐ᡒ ȃþƷƢĩþŦŦǢĢĩƟƢĩƪƪĩĢƿƪ᠐SƷƢĩůŎűĢƪǢŻƿƷʼnþƷ
ěţ þűĢǜʼnŎƷĩ᠄ŦĩǼƷþűĢƢŎłʼnƷ᠐ᡐ
songs on their 10th studio album, their fourth LP
years, deal more in the intimate and the personal,
ʼnĩŻƪƷĩűƪŎĚŦǢƟŻŦŎƷŎěþŦ᠐
n Our Room peeks through the window on
e early days of the couple’s relationship (their
marriage is Ross’s second, and they now have three
łƢŻǜűᠸƿƟěʼnŎŦĢƢĩűᠨ᠄ƪŦĩĩƟŎűłŻűůþƷƷƢĩƪƪĩƪŻű
ǴŦŻŻƢƪŻŁƷĩűĩůĩűƷǴŦþƷƪǜŎƷʼnƪƷþŎűƪŻűƷʼnĩěĩŎŦŎűł᠐
SűƷĩƢǛþŦƪŎƪƷʼnĩŦŎłʼnƷĩƪƷŻŁƟƢĩᠸǴŦĩĢłŎűłƟþƢĩűƷþŦ
ƢĩþƪƪƿƢþűěĩƪƷŻþǢŻƿűłþĢƿŦƷ᠕àĩŎłʼnƷŻŁȃĩ
World a shimmering eulogy and last act of
ƢĩůĩůĚƢþűěĩŁŻƢþŦŻƪƷƪŻƿŦ᠐
æĩƷŎƷᡒƪƷʼnĩþŦĚƿůᡒƪȀűþŦĩ᠄űhŻǛĩ᠄ǜʼnŎěʼn
ůŻƪƷěþƷěʼnĩƪƷʼnĩĚƢĩþƷʼn᠐'ĩŦŎǛĩƢĩĢƟþƢƷŦǢŎű
spoken word by Ross, it’s a seven-minute sepia-
toned daydream of autobiographical reveries
ŻűŦŻƪƷŦŻǛĩ᠐
“It’s a series of events from childhood to my
ĩþƢŦǢŦŎŁĩ᠄ǜʼnŎěʼnþƢĩŻƪƷĩűƪŎĚŦǢþŦŦĢŎƪěŻűűĩěƷĩĢ᠄ᡐ
ĩǡƟŦþŎűƪ¦Żƪƪ᠐ᡉƿƷŎƷᡒƪǜʼnǢSěŻűƪŎĢĩƢƷʼnŎƪƷŻ
ƷʼnĩþŦĚƿůŻŁůǢŦŎŁĩᠵŎƷᡒƪþŦŦŻǜĩĢůĩƷŻƷĩŦŦƷʼnĩ
ƢŎĩƪSᡒǛĩʼnĩŦĢĚþěţŁƢŻů'ĩþěŻűŦƿĩĚĩŁŻƢĩ᠐ᡐ

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ƪƷƿĢŎŻűĩþƢhŻűĢŻűƢŎĢłĩƷŻƷþŦţěŻůŎěĚŻŻţƪ᠐ With steam

rising from my knees, we discussed ȄĩĩĩǬĩƢ, 2000AD and

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broadcast on Resonance FM᠐

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ȃĩůƿƪŎěþŦěʼnŻŎěĩƪǛĩĩƢŁƢŻůþűĢþƢŻƿűĢƷʼnĩƪŻƿűĢƪƪŎůŎŦþƢƷŻȃĩ

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'ƿěţŎűþ¼Ƣĩĩ, curated by :zoviet*france, a collective of musicians

who have been creating work for 40 years, describes its output as

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If you miss hearing your elders declaring, “What is that awful racket

ǢŻƿᡒƢĩŦŎƪƷĩűŎűłƷŻ᠑ᡐ᠄ƷʼnŎƪŎƪƷʼnĩƟŦþěĩƷŻěŻůĩƷŻŎűěŎƷĩƷʼnĩůþűĩǜ᠐æŻƿ

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ǢŻƿʼnþƟƟŎűĩƪƪþűĢěƢĩþƷĩƷĩþƢƪŻŁŠŻǢ᠐ȃĩůŻƪƷƢĩěĩűƷƪʼnŻǜěŻůĚŎűĩĢ

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ʼnƿƪʼnĩĢǛŻŎěĩŻŁþěŻǛĩƢƷþěěŻůƟŦŎěĩ᠐

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mesmerising work that approaches shamanism in the power of the

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think you are lost in the dreamwork, you can slap yourself around the

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chorus and middle eight, but sometimes it is good to listen to something

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short-circuiting or if all has turned to silence, and so I am drawn in, and

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