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So I made a Telecaster…

Biggest surprise is how good the pickups sound and how well they take some dirt.

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Effects pedal of the day: TC Electronic June 60 chorus – Roland synth inspired but also great for Leslie rotary speaker guitar sounds

One chorus is slow and expansive while the other is a little faster and wobblier but combined together they sort of dance around each other which can sound a bit like a rotating Leslie speaker.

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Review: Lucy Gooch’s transcendent new single Chained To A Woman

Played with dreamy abandon, Chained To A Woman slowly reveals its character – a strong voice dancing around her own choir, somehow both melancholy and triumphant in the same beguiling passage.

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Album review: _Interval by Autism – a dazzling trip through an electronica solar system

This is an album of ideas. Sometimes it glides between them; sometimes it leaps. One thing remains constant, however – the urge to explore.

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The kaleidoscopic haze of Doves’ new album The Universal Want

Revolving catchy melodies tangle themselves up and around Phil Spectoresque walls of sound like enchanting ivy.

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Unravelling Camilla Bruce’s You Let Me In: A novel that concocts mysticism and mystery

Faeries, we are told, do not exist. But what if we see them? What if they come into lives and completely change our paths and that of those around us? What if these mystical creatures manifest themselves in a real life mystery? What if their light helps overcome our darkness? Camilla Bruce’s You Let Me…

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Review: Paul Howarth’s debut novel Only Killers and Thieves – a western of grit and grace

As we immerse ourselves in a bracing loss of innocence, we are riveted to the rhythm of this doom spiral.

COMPETITION: Win H. Jon Benjamin’s “attempted” memoir FAILURE IS AN OPTION!

Great news all… FAILURE IS AN OPTION: An Attempted Memoir by one of the most talented voice actors of his generation, H. Jon Benjamin, is up for grabs on the blog!

Lost and found: The Gradual Disappearance of Jane Ashland by Nicolai Houm is a novel yearning for discovery

Often when reading narratives that decide to play with time, jumping back and forth without warning, I wonder if the book would hold up as well if it were rearranged in chronological order.

The dark, beautiful magic of reading Russian master Gaito Gazdanov’s stories for the first time

There’s a tenderness within Gazdanov that seems to recall Carson McCullers or Anne Tyler

THE UNDERGROUND FOREST – Music video for my new ambient drone instrumental track

The plan was to create a sort of haunting, hypnotic drone with reverb soaked violins and piano. Check out the music video of the results here!

Why you should read You Were Never Really Here in one sitting

And when the narrative stops on a dime after an ice-cold 97 pages, you’re left wanting more.

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