2019-07-01_Uncut_UK

jULY 2019 • UNCUT• 37

TheTaLLesTMaN
ONeaRTh
ILoveYou. It’s a Fever Dream.
aWaL

7/10

Once-expansivefolkieturns
his gaze inwards
Written,produced
andengineeredby
KristianMatsson
himself,I LoveYou.
It’sA FeverDream.
isa surprisingly
introspectivealbumfromanartist
whosestagenameandfavoured
metaphorshavetypicallyreachedfor
thestars.Matssoncastshimselfasa
“ghost”,resistingconnectionsand
inventinghopesandheartbreaksfor
thestrangersatthehotelbar,onafter-
workrunsorpassinghimonthestreet.
Thearrangementshavethedusty
intimacyofbedroomrecordings,even
whenhornsorstringsarelayeredover
delicatelypickedguitar.Andwhenthe
gorgeouspianobreakhitsin“Hotel
Bar”,it’swiththeforceofa waveon
anemptybeach.LISA-MARIEFERLA

haYDeNThORPe
Diviner
DOMINO

8/10

Morephilosophyoftheheart,
from formerWildBeast
WhenKendalindie
troupeWildBeasts
calledit a dayin
2018,HaydenThorpe
wasthewisebetto
carrythegroup’s
legacyforward.RecordedwithLeo
Abrahams,anEnocollaboratorwho
producedtheBeasts’high-watermark,
PresentTense,Divinerretainsmuch
ofwhatWildBeastsdidbest.There’s
thetorridemotion,thesubtleinterplay
ofsongcraftandelectronicsand,of
course,Thorpe’svoice,a fluttering,
richlyemotionalfalsetto.it canbe
rathersophisticated– “StraightLines”
gesturestowardstheorientalfunkof
TinDrum-eraJapan– butthesongs
aretheretoo,mostnotably“Love
Crimes”,a rousingpianocanter
filledwithrepressed yearning.
LOUISPATTISON

ThReeDIMeNsIONaL
Ta N X
aCompulsion For Propulsion
sUNsTONe

7/10

HeavyNuggetsbombardment
from the LovelyEggsuniverse
prolificnorthern
fuzzbombsThree
DimensionalTanx
onceincludedThe
LovelyEggs’David
Blackwellintheir
number,buthisdeparturehasnot
dilutedtheLancasterbombers’
bootboypsychedeliconslaught:fuzz
guitarsfromtheSpacemen3, whirly
keyboardsfromtheinspiralCarpets.
Upgradedtovinylaftera firstCDrun
last year,A Compulsion For Propulsion

followsthestructuralblueprintof

TheDoors’debutLp– a bunchof

shortsongswitha freakylongoneat

theendofeachside– but“MonkOn”,

“Medication”and“Dwam”eschewJim

Morrison’sRiveGauchepretensions.

Notsubtle,but– ina BlueOrchids

fashion– thrillingly blunt.

JIMWIRTH

TITUsaNDRONICUs

anObelisk

MeRGe

7/10

NewJerseypunks’focusedsixth;

Bob Mould produces

Bangedoutinjustsix

days,thefollow-up

toTitusAndronicus’s

divisiveA Productive

Coughseesthem

meetingtheirmore

familiarselfhalfway.So,whilepatrick

Stickles’sdeliveryandlyricsareno

lessrabidlyspittle-flecked,northe

bandlesshell-bentoncatharsis,ona

coupleofoccasionstheyeaseoffonthe

gastorevisitotherhistories– swamp

blues,viathedrunkenlylunging“My

BodyAndMe”and,with“Tumult

AroundTheWorld”,TheWhoandThe

Clash.previousweightyconceptshave

beenscrappedinfavourofintense

focus,too,whetherthat’sonStickles’

ownstruggles(theSpringsteen-ish

“TroublemanUnlimited”)oranailing

socio-economicsystem(“(iBlame)

Society”).SHARONO’CONNELL

jeFFTWeeDY

WaRM e R

DBPM

8/10

“Sister”albumtolastyear’ssolo

debut is no poorrelation

Tenmoreacoustic

Tweedyrecordings

fromlastNovember’s

WA R Msessions

comprisethislimited-

editionRSDrelease

• whichmightsuggestWA R M ERis
  merelythatalbum’sneglectedsibling.
  Yettheemotionalhonestydisplayed
  is equallyaffecting.Beamsoflapsteel
  glintaroundtheedgesofthelilting
  “Orphan”ashelamentsnotmaking
  amendswithhislateparents,then
  “FamilyGhost”grapplesengagingly
  withthealienattitudeshegrewup
  around.That’sasrichlyarranged
  asit gets,butthesparsetextures
  of“Landscape”andlinessuchas
  “Thereis nomotherlikepain”, f r o m
  thedespondent“UltraOrangeRoom”,
  still hit home.JOHNNY SHARP

VaNIshINGTWIN

Theage Of Immunology

FIRe

7/10

Psychedeliascholarsconjureup

familiar sounds

There’snodoubting

VanishingTwin’s

attentiontodetail:

“KRK(AtHomein

Strangeplaces)”

bumsa rideinSun

Ra’sArkestraand“invisibleWorld”

matchesMartinDennywithWilliam

Shatner’sspoken-wordrecordings,

while“CryonicSuspensionMay

SaveYourLife”kicksofflikeCan,its

doggedkrautrockrelentingonlyfora

breakbeatthatmightfoolDJShadow,

andforCathyLucas’svocals,which

recallElephant’sMemory’sMidnight

Cowboycontribution,“OldMan

Willow”.A slightproblemis thatthe

Londonquintetarethird-generation

mimics:“YouAreNotAnisland”

couldbeBroadcast,and“Magician’s

Success”,completewithcartoon

effects,occupiesStereolab’sformer

territory.WYNDHAMWALLACE

VaRIOUsaRTIsTs

Vision& Revision:TheFirst

80 Years Of Topic Records

TOPIC

7/10

Celebratingtheworld’soldest

independentrecordlabel

Nobetterwaytomark

Topic’seightdecades

asa championof

“thepeople’smusic”

thantoinvite 20

contemporary

folkartiststodelveintothelabel’s

archiveandcovera favouriteballad

orbroadsideonthislovely,two-disc

birthdayset.Obviousstandouts

includeRichardThompson’sdeathless

versionof“TheLightBob’sLassie”,

oncerecordedbytheScottishtrad

singerGordeannaMcCulloch,who

diedearlierthisyear.Butwhatis

moststrikingis thestrengthin

contemporaryBritish/irishfemale

vocaltalent,withfinecontributions

fromJosienneClarke,NancyKerr,

KittyMacfarlane,LisaO’Neill,Olivia

Chaney,LisaKnapp,Emilyportman

and Eliza Carthy.NIGEL WILLIAMSON

WOVOkaGeNTLe

startClanging Cymbals

NUDe

8/10

Dazzlinglyeclecticdebutfrom

London three-piece

Hardtoclassify

andevenharder

nottolove,Wovoka

Gentle– twins

imogenandEllie

Mason,alongside

WillStokes– treatthestudiolike

somevastTechnicolorlab,flexing

togethersamples,foundsounds

anda multitudeofinstrumentsto

createsensorypopthatborrowsfrom

folk,jazz,psychedeliaandbeyond.

Thegorgeous“punxsutawney

phil”(namedaftertherealstarof

GroundhogDay) makesa spectacular

collageofNigerianfunkandFifth

Dimensionharmonies,“peculiar

FormOfSleep”is a semi-symphonic

delightand,ona mellowervibe,“Tell

’Em,Makoto!”bleedsgentlefolkinto

agreatMahalia Jackson sample.

ROBHUGHES

YO U N G h Us BaN D

swimmers

OPPOsITeNUMBeR

7/10

Bandditchthepsychand

embracesunnypopon

pleasant thirdalbum

Fedupofbeing

lumpedinwithneo-

psychrevivalists,

Younghusband

haveditchedthe

fuzzy,guitar-heavy

approachoftheirpreviousalbum

andembracedsomethingmuch

closertoYoLaTengoorthemore

melodicofferingsofDeerhunter.

Theopening“Translation”,all

cooingharmonies,woozyguitar

linesanddelicatevocals,setsthe

tonefora recordthatfeelslocked

intoa pleasinglysunnyandbreezy

attitude.There’sanunderstatement

totherecordthatsuitstheband’s

newtone,suchasonthegently

unfurlingandFanclub-esque

“DifferentAboutYou”.Whilethe

changeintheband’soutputis not

revolutionary,itssubtleshiftproves

fruitful.DANIEL DYLAN WRAY

sensory

popfrom

Wovoka

Gentle

Mildbeast

hayden

Thorpe

OZGe CONe, BROOmBeRG&ChANARIN