The brilliantly named Experiment 637 have fired themselves into the ring of contenders of great future bands breaking the old mould of the “lad bands’. At times it borders on what Thom Yorke does with later Radiohead and his new project The Smile. No side effects, just a shot of spine-tingling numbers that take the worries from life away in the form of nine excellent tracks of pleasure. An astonishing piece of craft that floats along with fractured melody. It really does contain all the bombast, swells and drama of the orchestral classical music so beloved by Brett’s father, but also an intimacy wrapped up in the intensity.Ī year that’s flying by has seen some great releases this year and Experiment 637’s debut easily drifts in to the flock of beautiful music that is gracing our ears in these times. An album of the year and an album to treasure for life. Autofiction is every bit as good as you imagined it would be. A loyal, passionate fanbase and a wider appeal, Suede are in a unique position: veterans and survivors who genuinely seem to be at a second creative peak that has lasted nine years now. ![]() ![]() Although Britpop stars, they retain an outsider quality, yet can sell-out tours in minutes and overshadow bands with bigger ‘profiles’ at festivals. The album straddles perfectly the divide between impenetrable fuzz-punching drive and scintillating psych, reverential to their home city’s musical heritage, a torch passed that continues to light fires.Įver since their resurrection in 2013, with the first of the trilogy, Bloodsports, Suede have been consistently the best ‘cult band’ in the UK. Although guitarist Christian Bland has said that they leave their music open to interpretation, this time they are spelling it out – a reflection on exactly where we are, and the dire consequences that we face. There is a fire ready to burn within the heart of the band, the embers are still glowing, sparks flickering, ready to ignite in an inferno and burn the modern horrorshow to ashes. They know the push and pull of the world around us and that, to confront and take down a system that binds us, we must come together. So, without further ado, here’s September’s On Rotation. Thank God for the music, right? Last month saw some outstanding albums released, some looking inwards, others seeking to address the insanity around us. Sometimes it feels like there’s no way out of the mad maze of the world right now.
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