Recounting

A special interview or piece of writing dedicated to the craft of the album, from inception to completion.
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Recounting

Recounting: Bunny by Willie J Healey

"I always find that stuff kinda mind-blowing. It’s just cool that people like Florence and Arctic Monkeys love music enough to listen to a…

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Recounting: A Fistful of Peaches by Black Honey

"The world is a shitshow, nobody is perfect and we’re all just trying to get by the best way we can…" Izzy Baxter…

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Recounting: Food For Worms by Shame

Photo by Pooneh Ghana "If this is the Lamborghini of Shame records, the next one’s gonna be a fucking flying car that also doubles…

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Recounting: Bloody by Oldboy

"A few weeks later we sneaked down into the Rough Trade West basement, plugged into the speakers and mixed that mother in three hours."…

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Recounting: Opal by Batu

"I could never write music which wasn’t connected to Bristol in some way, it’s the bedrock of what I do. Having said that,…

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Recounting: Nervous At Night by Charlie Hickey

"I think meeting Phoebe (Bridgers) made the idea of doing what I love feel a lot more tangible and she’s always supported me in…

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Recounting: Never Let Me Go by Placebo

"As soon as the record comes out, the listener will make of each song what they want, and that is absolutely fine, as the music…

Recounting: Witch Camp (Ghana)

"Over one-hundred singers were involved, recording over six hours music. Most were elderly, with many being in their seventies. All but one had never played…

Recounting: Ants From Up There by Black Country, New Road

"When we go through this transition of becoming a slightly different band, you take it one of two ways. You can be scared that people…

Recounting: Live From Studio S2 by Hania Rani

"In Studio S2 you can feel the leftovers of the great history of Polish radio recordings. There is a magic that always makes me feel…