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  • On The Red Radar: Album Artwork

    Ta dah! So here it is, me chatting about album artwork for On The Red Radar. The Beatles and Pink Floyd get the once over. It was good fun doing it!

    Only one question remains? Where did indigo go?

    Nessymon Artwork from REDradar on Vimeo.

  • Duncan Maitland: Lullabies for the 21st Century

    Duncan Maitland lullabies for the 21st centuryI’ve been listening to this record for a while now, after having a staggered release in different territories, Duncan Maitland’s solo debut album is out and it’s a great listen.

    ‘Lullabies for the 21st Century’  is an album of fine songwriting with lush harmonies and memorable hooks. Listening to this record I see the vibe in the late 60’s / early 70’s, lush like ELO but without being over the top. The former Picturehouse man has created something timeless here, it nods at the past but is has many contemporary traits.

    ‘Your Century’ starts the album, a simple guitar and harmonies before raising the soundscape with simple but perfectly balanced harmony layers. Current single ‘Terry The Toad’ has a memorable chorus and urges you to hum along to ‘everybody’s playing it cool’. I can’t quite put my finger on what it is, but something here reminds me of the McCartney side of The Beatles. (more…)

  • The Beatles: Smack My Bitch Up

    Thanks to Corrugated Tunnel for pointing this out, as the YouTube poster says, Enjoy before the lawyers take it down.

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