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SLUDGE NATION: Monkey On My Back (7″, Rhythm King LEFT48, 1997)

Strange one this, as it represents a certain watershed moment in my music writing/reviewing life, rather than being a record that I have any deep affection for (or, indeed, any recollection of what it actually sounds like, beyond vague noisy pop-punk memories). In the very early 1990s, inspired by the indie-pop scene and some very […]

MAHOGANY: In The Presence Of The Crepuscular (7″, Amberley AMY 6, 1999)

A record from what was in some ways an early wave of the instrumental, semi-electronic post-rock sound that came to inform vast swathes of independent music, this Mahogany single is a real ‘prepared with love’ kind of artefact, despite being packaged in a standard 7″ sleeve: The cover artwork is superb – a bit of […]