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EP REVIEW: Laura Groves – ‘A Private Road’: pristine and dreamy debut; socially distanced gig announced

A Private Road is a dreamscape, swirling elements of modern electronica, shoegaze, soul and folk into a set on which you really get a sense of Laura while she also remains wraithlike, a blur of whisper and talent at the core

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EP REVIEW: Sophie Jamieson – ‘Release’: a brilliant, introspective four tracker

Her voice and songwriting are so very strong; there's no doubt Release is her best yet

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ALBUM REVIEW: Hjalte Ross – ‘Waves Of Haste’: gorgeous, nuanced indie-folk hits you in the chest

Composed at an isolated lighthouse on the Lofoten Islands, Hjalte's second reaches inside your chest and doesn't stop squeezing. Truly lovely

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ALBUM REVIEW: Various artists – ‘Ambient Layers’: a state of the art, 20-track journey on 7K!

Ambient Layers is quite a trip through the current state of the blissful/emotive sonic arts. There's so much to burrow into here, experience deeply. Set it on repeat and let it guide you through a whole, amniotic diurnal cycle. It's really very great.

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ALBUM REVIEW: Lee Fields & The Expressions – ‘Big Crown Vaults Vol.1 – Lee Fields & The Expressions’

BIG CROWN. Big. Crown. Roll that collocation of words around your mouth; if you’re a real music lover, you know these guys, Leon Michels and Danny Akalepse, are indeed proper…

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ALBUM REVIEW: Skinshape – ‘Arrogance Is The Death Of Men’: chilled guitar odysseys

Arrogance Is The Death Of Men is such a different creature to Skinshape's last, Umoja. It's got that guitar thing going that Will does so wonderfully; lyrically, you can hear the catharsis of this year, the trials and tribulations. It's a lovely record full of emotion and guitar that helps usher in the end of this year. Win.

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ALBUM REVIEW: Jack Cheshire – ‘Fractal Future Plays’: a sweeping psych pop set

Fractal Future Plays sits in a fine line of albums which admit psych to their blend, admire its cosmic clear sight rather than its sensual flood; the romance, the seduction, the perfume of the other just behind the flimsiest curtain

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ALBUM REVIEW: Soothsayers – ‘We Are Many’: conscious beats science for straitened times

Soothsayers’ latest tickles your ears in all the right spots; the music evolves and shifts from a strong and aware roots through jazz and Afro and more, all the while softly educating you and guiding you and letting you know you have to be watchful, stay alert, and also stay strong and connected. That’s how we’re gonna get through all and any of this.

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ALBUM REVIEW: Coldharbourstores – ‘Dearly Devoted’: gorgeous dreampop fourth

Coldharbourstores' fourth is absolute industry standard dreampop - a hallmark by which the genre can be measured. It's glowing, blissful and leftfield, while still being full of pop melodicism

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ALBUM REVIEW: Anna McClellan – ‘I Saw First Light’

While this may be her third album, you get the feeling this is merely the tip of the iceberg and there is so much more in terms of potential and ability at her disposal

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