producer (and fellow pianist) O’Halloran has given Sumie’s songs a beautifully dappled light and shade
just as a chilling ‘Gossamer Hair’ mutates from tender ballad to a wracked splurge of energy
” The enduring power of Artaud’s text lies in its uncomfortable nature: 80 years after it has been written
psychedelic soundscapes with apocalyptic urgency
Conversations that circulate around artists and albums and songs have always been a crucial part of the music experience
The Trouble with Templeton - Rookie CD 12 inch producer (and fellow pianist) O’HalloranBELLA446CD Release date: 2 August 2013 TTWT's debut album proper, Rookie, finds a melodic and instrumental if not lyrical middle ground between Fleet Foxes and Flaming Lips, Bon Iver and Badfinger. Sort of. Ish. It is, as we say, an alt rock album but it's a varied beast. There are baroque pop songs here, jangle pop ones, songs that make us think of a de energised power pop, one that sounds like the Lips doing the Beatles, even a glam one: Like a Kid,