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Cat Power
A Cat Power covers album has become something of a regular occasion now – in between Chan Marshall’s own eight albums of original material, she’s also released three volumes of her own takes on songs that are very personal to her, often drastically different to the original. Following The Covers Album in 2000 and 2008’s Jukebox, we now have Covers, which pretty much does what it says on the tin. Like the last two albums, the...
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Caprisongs [Mixtape]
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Twigs positions herself as a best friend, inviting us to join the world of the record with a smile. She does this in ways ranging from voice note extracts to moments where the tracks audibly develop -- the vision grows tangibly, half of Caprisongs feeling like a peek behind one of the most exciting curtains in pop. Having often struck an otherworldly note with her artistry, twigs uses this mixtape to remind us of her reality. As she's said herself,...
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Orlando Weeks
Born from song-writing sessions at home and late-night recording in a studio in Peckham during 2021, Hop Up is the sound of an all-consuming love that embraces the joy of nurturing another life in an unusual and disjointed time. Listeners are bathed in the brightness of Weeks' world from the genial sounds, the soft "ooohs" and whistles on opener "Deep Down Way Out," and this warm feeling radiates with the help of The Maccabees frontman's pure, idiosyncratic...
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Fragments
Bonobo
Electronic producer Bonobo, aka Simon Green, has never been the most original creative mind out there. His productions started off fitting snugly within those omnipresent chillout compilations, and along the way he has adapted by borrowing from more contemporary artists. His newest record Fragments continues in this vein, only occasionally breaking the mezzo-forte threshold and with vocal guests who are competent but inconsequential. The Kaytranada-lite...
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