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Canadian alt-pop starlet Jessy Lanza has released one of my favourite pop-inflected records of the year with third LP All the Time. Released by UK-based electronic indie label Hyperdub (home of Burial, Kode9 & Zomby among others), and like previous album 2016’s Oh No, there is a heavy influence of Chicago Footwork on this record …
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In at 29 are Montreal’s Pottery with their infectious debut album Welcome to Bobby’s Motel. Released by Partisan records who continue their amazing run of post punk delights (IDLES, Fontaines DC – more from these later maybe…), this record fizzes along at breakneck speed from the get-go. The band honed their sound touring with one …
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Released through legendary jazz imprint Blue Note, the collaboration between guitarist Tom Misch and drummer Yussef Dayes brings out the best in both of them, but don’t expect it to blow your socks off. What Kinda Music is a chilled out exploration of the pair’s musical abilities – and perfect Sunday morning listening. The meandering …
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So we kick off our list this year with Oxford’s Willie J Healey who has broken free of his major label chains and released a collection of masterfully produced, 60s inspired second album on Felix White (The Maccabees)’s Yala! label. The majority of the record draws heavily on the psychedelic pop of White Album era …
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Thanks for visiting my blog We Have Sound. I’m Tom and every year for the past 5 years I have done a countdown of my albums of the year, with each of my 31 favourite albums featured every day of December – and 2020 will be no different. Previous Album of the Year winners are …
Hello! Thanks for taking the time to come and visit my new blog. My name is Tom and for the past 4 years I have been compiling and counting down my favourite albums of the year, writing about one a day for every day in December (kind of like an advent calendar of my 31 …
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