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Patterns – Lifecycle

Posted on January 1, 2014 by haymoncollins

Lifecycle, apparently a London based trio made up of Geoff Dent on guitar and vocals Tish Austin, bass and Nick Holder on drums, popped out a single, Patterns at the end of November, as a precursor to their debut album slated for … Continue reading →

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Albums of 2013

Posted on December 25, 2013 by haymoncollins

Always in two minds about the end of year list, it does never the less prove a useful reminder of what I was listening to when new fancies steal my attention away over the next year. Based purely on the … Continue reading →

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Fellow Travelers – Shearwater

Posted on November 30, 2013 by haymoncollins

Shearwaters music lights up my life in so many ways, I can hardly think of a track they have done that doesn’t find a place with me. Always exquisitely played, with immaculate production, through it all shines the extraordinary voice … Continue reading →

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The Dark Dark Bright – There Will be Fireworks

Posted on November 29, 2013 by haymoncollins

Its been rather a long time since the first, wonderful There Will Be Fireworks self-titled album back in 2009, even though there was that EP to keep the faithful on side. So, for whatever reason, not a band that throws out … Continue reading →

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We are Serious and We Mean It – Glacials

Posted on October 30, 2013 by haymoncollins

Sometimes a little bit of wonderful drops into the inbox and so it was with this album from Glacials. A serendipitous bit of six degrees of separation – Glacials are chums with the ever wonderful Tessellators, themselves pals with the … Continue reading →

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Mountaineater – Mountaineater

Posted on October 23, 2013 by haymoncollins

At long last the eponymous album from NZ sonic behemoths Mountaineater is here, much anticipated and although there have been a few tracks popping up here and there, it has none the less been a long time coming. They have … Continue reading →

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We Were Here – Turin Brakes

Posted on September 30, 2013 by haymoncollins

Just a little while ago I met up, after far too long, with an old friend. The anxieties of how we might have changed, how we’d no longer have those things that once made us close, dissipated in moments; what … Continue reading →

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Hide Away – John&Garry

Posted on September 1, 2013 by haymoncollins

Sometimes you get nice, unexpected little surprises and so, sitting minding my own business on a Saturday afternoon, an email plops into my inbox inviting me to listen to some music a couple of chaps have been putting together in … Continue reading →

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Morning Bruise – Cfit

Posted on August 30, 2013 by haymoncollins

I have written a little before about what seems to be a (re)surge(nce) of Irish bands , such as my beloved Halves, Overhead the Albatross, Alarmist, Croupier etc. with their mix of slightly post rock, a bit prog and a twang … Continue reading →

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Prisms – 65daysofstatic

Posted on August 27, 2013 by haymoncollins

Rather shamefully 65DoS never really broke through for me, I am not at all sure why especially as they toured around back in the day with the much loved and missed Forward Russia and Youth Movie Soundtrack Strategies. Still these … Continue reading →

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