Album Review: The Cleansing by Peter Perrett

Tantalising moments where artistic and commercial breakthroughs seem just a heartbeat away, appear enticingly on the horizon only to recede again in the rear-view mirror. As the years rolled by, the unique brilliance of the Only Ones became increasingly undeniable but Perrett was never quite able to capitalise on the resulting critical goodwill. It feels annoying to have to reference the many lost years, first to heroin then to crack, but his incredible late-life creative resurgence is hard to appreciate without acknowledging that history.

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