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The The - Ensoulment / earMUSIC (2024)

The The – Ensoulment (Album Review)

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If you know The The, you know about the ballads of the most popular release, 1983’s Soul Mining. Some quintessential ’80s Post-Punk Synth-Pop from Britain, leading man Matt Johnson had success only a few years after he formed the band in the late ’70s. Now ... Read More
Clan of Xymox - Exodus / Metropolis Records (2024)

Clan of Xymox – Exodus (Album Review)

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Looking back in time, in 1980 a little record label out of London formed going by the name of 4AD. Subscribing to a unique outlook to music than other labels, their formative years had an impressive list of artists; including Bauhaus, Cocteau Twins, Modern English, ... Read More
Alison Moyet - Key / Cooking Vinyl (2024)

Alison Moyet – Key (Album Review)

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Of all the talented women vocalists left to discover during the booming Synthpop movement of the 1980s, perhaps none is more captivating than Alison Moyet. Starting her career in music while still in her youth, starting her first band at sixteen, and joining up with ... Read More