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Album Review: Bishopskin – Babble

By Mimi Nicholson Bishopskin’s debut album Babble is almost liturgical, with its invocation of religious life and manyrepeated motifs. Rooted sonically in the traditions of folk-revival and London’s post-punk music…

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Track: Bishopskin – Mother’s Steel Bike

As the wait for their debut album becomes ever shorter, Bishopskin – one of the most unusual and intriguing outfits to have graced London’s alternative scene in recent years –…

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Track: Bishopskin – Stella Splendens

Had anyone told me that the catchiest song of Summer 2023 would be a postmodern folk take on a 14th century hymn, complete with lyrics in Medieval Latin, I would…

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Track: The Ringards – Flaccid Venus

As an old-school punk fan who is also a lover of all things weird, there was no way I was not going to be completely entranced by this new single…

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Track: Bishopskin – Ave Maria

Following a break during the Summer after a triumphant last live show in late May, Bishopskin have returned with a bang, delivering a new single that both refines and redefines…

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Track: Children Of The Pope – Junkie Girlfriend

The latest addition to the Isolar Records rosters, Children of the Pope certainly know how to make a striking entrance, showing up with a new single which is a very…

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Track: Bishopskin – I Was Born On An Island

Starting out as a lockdown project between vocalist Tiger Nicholson and guitarist James Donovan (elsewhere seen playing for HMLTD), Bishopskin have become so much more than that: there isn’t quite…

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