“Somehow Peter Perrett had taken a religious song, stripped it of its religious connotations, but then re-filled it with a sense of suffering and a desire for peace that communicated more deeply to me than any hymn had ever managed.”
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“The most prolific gang in town. Impeccable output. Killer production. This album bowled me over when I listened to it. Each track is a thrill and sails unchartered waters.”
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Velvet Sheep’s top 20 tunes from 2021, including joint number ones by Blue Orchids “Speed The Day” and University Challenged “Choppers Over Negril” plus “song for ewe” of the year from Martin Bramah (Blue Orchids) and Ajay Saggar (University Challenged).
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“To me this is the sound of 2021. Dark and brooding with real depth, mystery and passion. Haley Fohr has a mordacious wit about her and a voice like no other. One is transported to a splendid cavern of classically carved sound on the edge of a forgotten world.”
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“The only way I was able to engage real music as a young person was to shoplift CDs from the local record store, secretly tape things off the radio onto cassette, or convince my parents that a band was actually Christian. I did this famously with Jesus Jones. This last hustle was made easier if a band explored religious themes at times in their songs, which is how I was able to get my hands on records by the Innocence Mission.”
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