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3PEAKING OF 3PEAKING OF ,OVE 4O CELEBRATE 7ORLD "OOK $AY BOOKS WERE BEEN PUT FORWARD BY DIFFERENT PUBLISHERS TO CONTEND IN THE COMPETITION FOR 4HE "OOK TO 4ALK !BOUT 4HE SHORTLIST OF CON TENDERS HAS NOW BEEN PUBLISHED AND EVERY TITLE IS A HIDDEN GEM ALREADY PUBLISHED IN PAPERBACK AND OVERLOOKED BY THE GREAT READING PUBLIC (AVE A LOOK AT THE SHORTLIST AT HTTP WWW WORLDBOOKDAY COM SPREADTHEWORD AND PICK UP A FEW TO GET YOURSELF ACQUAINTED WITH SOME OF THE BEST lCTION AROUND 9OU CAN VOTE FOR ANY OF THE TITLES YOU THINK IS 4HE "OOK TO 4ALK !BOUT AND BE IN WITH THE CHANCE OF WINNING a WORTH OF BOOK TOKENS 3PREAD THE WORD TO YOUR FRIENDS AND MAYBE EVEN START A BOOK GROUP TO DISCUSS THEM 4HE WINNER OF THE COMPETITION WILL BE ANNOUNCED ON 7ORLD "OOK $AY THE TH -ARCH 5NTIL THEN THE !RTS TEAM WILL BE CHECKING OUT SOME SAMPLES FROM THE SHORTLIST SO LOOK OUT FOR THE REVIEWS IN THE "OOKS SECTION OF #ONCRETE EVERY FORTNIGHT ,YDIA (ARLEY SPOKE TO 7ORLD "OOK $AY AUTHOR OF 3PEAKING OF ,OVE !NGELA 9OUNG TO lND OUT HER INSPIRATIONS AND INTERESTS AS A WRITER 1 4HE CENTRAL CONCERN OF YOUR NOVEL IS HOW FAMILIES AND FRIENDS SHOULD EXPRESS THEIR LOVE FOR EACH OTHER MORE OPENLY 7HY IS THIS TOPIC IMPORTANT TO YOU "ECAUSE IT IS CENTRAL TO OUR LIVES AND THE WAY WE BEHAVE )F YOU KNOW YOU ARE LOVED YOU BEHAVE IN KINDER MORE THOUGHTFUL AND GENEROUS WAYS TOWARDS EVERYONE YOU KNOW n AND YOU FEEL SO MUCH BETTER YOURSELF )T S ALSO EASIER TO EXPRESS YOUR OWN LOVE WHEN YOU KNOW THAT YOU ARE LOVED "UT IF YOU FEEL UNLOVED YOU CAN BEGIN TO BEHAVE IN UNLOVABLE DEFENSIVE WAYS SO PROVING WHAT YOU ALREADY FEEL THAT YOU ARE UNLOVABLE AND THAT VICIOUS CIRCLE IS DIFlCULT TO BREAK ,ONELINESS SADNESS DESPAIR AND SOMETIMES EVEN BREAKDOWN CAN RESULT FOR THE WANT OF THREE SIMPLE WORDS /F COURSE THE FEELING MUST EXIST IN THE lRST PLACE EMPTY EXPRESSIONS OF LOVE FOR MANIPULATIVE PURPOSES ARE NOT WHAT ) M TALKING ABOUT 4HE LOVE ) M TALKING ABOUT CAN BE BETWEEN PARENTS AND CHILDREN SIBLINGS AND FRIENDS AS WELL AS LOVERS )T MAKES ME SAD TO THINK THAT SO OFTEN WE FAIL TO lND THE COURAGE TO TELL A LOVED ONE HOW WE FEEL UNTIL HE OR SHE OR WE ARE NEAR DEATH AND THEN THERE S NO TIME LEFT TO LIVE OR PROPERLY EXPRESS THAT LOVE 1 7HY IS THE SUBJECT OF 3CHIZOPHRENIA IMPORTANT TO THE STORY "ECAUSE ) THINK MOST PEOPLE ARE FRIGHTENED OF IT n BOTH IN TERMS OF HAVING A BREAKDOWN WITNESSING ONE OR TRYING TO COMMUNICATE WITH A PERSON IN A SCHIZOPHRENIC STATE ) KNOW THAT ) AM OR PERHAPS ) SHOULD SAY ) WAS !ND BECAUSE ) THINK THAT FEAR INFORMS THE TREATMENT OF SCHIZOPHRENIA PEOPLE ARE RESTRAINED PHYSICALLY LOCKED UP OR MENTALLY AND EMOTIONALLY WITH DRUGS AND ALTHOUGH ) KNOW THAT THIS IS NECESSARY AT THE ONSET OF A mORID BREAKDOWN ) DON T THINK IT IS THE ANSWER IN THE LONG TERM ) WANTED TO SHOW THAT FEAR CAN MAKE US INHUMAN TO OUR FELLOW HUMAN BEINGS &EAR MAKES US DEFENSIVE AND THOUGHTLESS ) WITNESSED A SCHIZOPHRENIC BREAKDOWN AND REMAINED TERRIlED OF THE PERSON FOR MUCH LONGER THAN MADE
ANY KIND OF SENSE "UT WHEN ) BEGAN TO ASK MYSELF QUESTIONS ABOUT WHY ) WAS STILL SO FRIGHTENED THOSE QUESTIONS BECAME THE GUIDING QUESTIONS FOR THE lRST DRAFT OF 3PEAKING OF ,OVE !S ) WROTE SUBSEQUENT DRAFTS ) REALISED WHAT THE ROOTS OF MY FEAR WERE AND ) GAVE THOSE ROOTS TO 6IVIE THROUGH 2UTH AT THE END OF THE BOOK "Y THEN ) HAD ALSO DISCOVERED THAT MY TERRIlED RESPONSE IS A VERY COMMON ONE 1 4HE NOVEL COMBINES THREE DIFFERENT NARRATIVE PERSPECTIVES $ID YOU lND IT DIFlCULT TO GET INSIDE THE HEADS OF THREE DIFFERENT CHARACTERS FOR ONE NOVEL .O ! WRITER NEEDS TO BE ABLE TO GET INSIDE THE HEADS OF HER CHARACTERS WHATEVER NARRATIVE STRUCTURE SHE CHOOSES AND HOWEVER MANY CHARACTERS THERE ARE "UT IN ORDER TO MAKE SURE THAT EACH NARRATIVE PERSPECTIVE WAS CONSISTENT THERE WAS
YOUR BIBLIOGRAPHY A WORK THAT MANY #ONCRETE READERS WILL BE FAMILIAR WITH (OW DID THIS STUDY HELP YOUR RESEARCH FOR 3PEAKING OF ,OVE "ECAUSE 3HOWALTER RECORDS WOMEN S EXPERIENCES IN ASYLUMS THE LITERATURE ABOUT MENTAL ILLNESS AND THE EFFECTS OF THE TREATMENTS WOMEN WERE GIVEN ALL OF WHICH ) NEEDED TO KNOW ABOUT !ND BECAUSE OF PIECES LIKE THIS FROM PAGE h0ETER "REGGIN AN !MERICAN DOCTOR WHO HAS BEEN A FORCEFUL OPPONENT OF %#4 ;AND WHO WROTE 4OXIC 0SYCHIATRY= ARGUES THAT WOMEN MORE OFTEN RECEIVE THIS TREATMENT BECAUSE THEY @ARE JUDGED TO HAVE LESS NEED OF THEIR BRAINS v .EED ) SAY MORE
h4HE WRITTEN WORD GOES FROM THE EYE TO THE BRAIN BUT THE SPOKEN WORD GOES FROM EAR TO THE HEARTv A STAGE WHEN ) REDRAFTED EACH NARRATIVE STRAND ALL THE WAY THROUGH ON ITS OWN ) DID THAT TO MAKE SURE THAT EACH VOICE WAS CONSISTENT AND THAT -ATTHEW S VOICE AND STORY DIDN T SUDDENLY BECOME 6IVIE S OR 6IVIE S )RIS S ETC 1 )RIS ONE OF THE NOVEL S MAIN CHARACTERS IS A STORYTELLER (ER IMAGINATIVE WORLD IS INVADED BY MENTAL ILLNESS AND SHE FEARS SHE HAS LOST THE POWER TO TELL STORIES 7HY IS STORYTELLING SO IMPORTANT FOR THIS CHARACTER "ECAUSE ) TRULY DO BELIEVE n AND ) GAVE THIS BELIEF TO 2UTH AND TO )RIS IN 3PEAKING OF ,OVE n THAT SOMETIMES WE CAN MAKE SENSE OF OUR REAL WORLDS THROUGH lCTION PARTICULARLY THROUGH STORYTELLING AS OPPOSED TO STORYREADING 4HE REASON THE ANCIENT TALES HAVE SURVIVED n WITHOUT BEING WRITTEN DOWN FOR CENTURIES n IS THAT THEY CONTAIN ANCIENT TRUTHS ABOUT THE WAY WE ARE 4HEY GIVE US CLUES ABOUT HOW TO LIVE AND WHAT IS RIGHT AND WHAT IS WRONG 4HEY WARN US THAT THERE WILL BE TROUBLE AHEAD BUT THAT WE WILL lND A WAY THROUGH IF WE CAN lND WITHIN OURSELVES COURAGE GRACE GOOD HUMOUR WIT FORTITUDE HONESTY ETC 4HEY REASSURE US THAT THERE IS A POINT THAT THINGS WILL EVENTUALLY MAKE SENSE THAT WE WILL lND THE THING WE LONG FOR THAT DESPAIR WILL BE REPLACED BY HOPE THAT THE ONE WE LOVE WILL LOVE US IN RETURN n IN THE END "EULAH #ANDAPPA A "URMESE STORYTELLER SAID @4HE WRITTEN WORD GOES FROM THE EYE TO THE BRAIN BUT THE SPOKEN WORD GOES FROM THE EAR TO THE HEART !ND *EAN 0AUL 3ARTRE SAID @7E BECOME WHO WE ARE THROUGH THE STORIES THAT WE TELL OURSELVES ) AGREE WITH THEM BOTH 1 9OU HAVE REFERENCED %LAINE 3HOWALTER S 4HE &EMALE -ALADY IN
1 7HY DID YOU DECIDE TO BECOME AN AUTHOR AND HOW DIFlCULT WAS IT TO GET 3PEAKING OF ,OVE YOUR lRST BOOK PUBLISHED ) HAVE ALWAYS WANTED TO WRITE lCTION SO IT WAS LESS OF A DECISION AND MORE A MATTER OF lNDING A WAY TO EARN A LIVING THAT WOULD ALSO ALLOW ME TIME TO WRITE !ND THAT TOOK TIME "UT NOW THAT ) DO WRITE n AND EDIT AND PROOFREAD NON lCTION TO MAKE AT LEAST SOMETHING OF A LIVING n ) AM SO MUCH HAPPIER ) WAS ALWAYS MISERABLE WHEN ) WAS WORKING AT THINGS THAT TOOK ALL MY TIME AND MEANT THAT ) HAD NO TIME LEFT TO WRITE *EANETTE 7INTERSON HAS SAID THAT WRITING IS WHAT SHE IS FOR ) FEEL THE SAME )T FEELS AS IF IT S WHAT ) SHOULD BE DOING WITH MY LIFE n ALTHOUGH IT S QUITE DIFlCULT TO EXPLAIN EXACTLY WHY )T S JUST THAT IT FEELS AS IF IT S THE RIGHT THING FOR ME TO BE DOING &INDING A PUBLISHER FOR 3PEAKING OF ,OVE WAS PRETTY DIFlCULT BUT ) DON T SUPPOSE IT WAS ANY MORE DIFlCULT FOR ME THAN IT IS FOR ALL lRST NOVELISTS IN THIS WORLD WHERE SO SO SO MANY BOOKS ARE PUBLISHED EVERY YEAR !S !NDREA ,EVY SAID WHEN ) DID MY -! AT -IDDLESEX h4O BE A SUCCESSFUL WRITER YOU NEED THE TWO 4S 4ALENT AND 4ENACITY v 9OU JUST HAVE TO HANG IN THERE AND EVERY TIME YOUR MANUSCRIPT COMES BACK LOOK AT IT AND SEE IF THERE S ANYTHING YOU CAN IMPROVE AND THEN SEND IT OUT AGAIN 1 3PEAKING OF ,OVE IS UP FOR NOMINATION FOR 4HE "OOK 4O 4ALK !BOUT AS PART OF THE 3PREAD THE 7ORD 7ORLD "OOK $AY #AMPAIGN TO DRAW ATTENTION TO UNDERVALUED BOOKS 7HICH BOOK WOULD YOU RECOMMEND AS A GREAT BOOK THAT HAS GONE UNNOTICED BY THE GENERAL READING PUBLIC AND WHY 4HE .EEDLE IN THE "LOOD BY 3ARAH "OWER PUBLISHED BY 3NOW "OOKS )T S BEEN LONGLISTED FOR THE SAME AWARD AND ) READ IT WHEN DOVEGREYREADER SCRIBBLES A WONDERFUL BOOK REVIEWING BLOGGER BLOGGED THAT SHE D REVIEWED IT WHEN 4HE "OOK TO 4ALK !BOUT LONGLIST CAME OUT ) HADN T HEARD ABOUT IT BEFORE BUT IT IS SIMPLY THE MOST VISCERAL GLORIOUSLY TOLD EVOCATION OF TH CENTURY LIFE IN %NGLAND AND IN &RANCE THERE S BLOODY MUDDY WAR ROMANTIC LOVE MESSY LIFE EMBROIDERY n HOW THE "AYEUX 4APESTRY CAME TO BE MADE n AND THE HUMAN SPIRIT IN ALL ITS GUISES ) FELT AS IF ) WAS LIVING IN THE TH CENTURY WHEN ) READ IT AND ALTHOUGH IT S A LONG BOOK ) DIDN T WANT IT TO END 4HERE S ALSO A TOUCH OF THE FAIRYTALE ABOUT IT WHICH ) PARTICULARLY LIKED
3PEAKING OF ,OVE BY !NGELA 9OUNG 3PEAKING OF ,OVE EXAMINES THE WEAVE OF A COM PLEX WEB OF RELATIONSHIPS WITHIN A FAMILY PLAGUED BY MENTAL ILLNESS 4HE STORY BOUNCES BETWEEN PAST AND PRESENT JUXTAPOSING THE HIS TORY OF THE CHARACTERS FAILURE TO EXPRESS THEIR LOVE FOR THOSE CLOSEST TO THEM AND ITS FUTURE PSYCHOLOGICAL EFFECTS )RIS BEGINS THE STORY AS A
YOUNG GIRL WHOSE MOTHER S EARLY DEATH LEAVES HER FATHER EMOTIONALLY STUNTED AND PAINFULLY ESTRANGED FROM HIS DAUGHTER 5NABLE TO COM MUNICATE HER GRIEF )RIS RETREATS INTO HERSELF AND HER IMAGINARY WORLD OF STORY TELLING 3OON HER STORIES START TO TAKE ON A LITERAL PRES ENCE IN HER LIFE AND THE BOOK CHARTS HER SLOW DESCENT INTO SCHIZOPHRENIA )RIS RELATIONSHIP WITH HER DAUGHTER 6IVIE RAPIDLY DETERIORATES IN TANDEM WITH HER MENTAL STATE AND 6IVIE SPENDS HER ADULT LIFE STRUGGLING TO COPE WITH THE UNANSWERED QUESTIONS AND HAUNTING MEMORIES OF HER MOTHER S MENTAL BREAKDOWN AND HER FATHER S DISAPPEARANCE WITHOUT THE REASSURANCE OF FAMILIAL BONDS OF LOVE HER WORLD GRADUALLY FALLS APART 4HEIR NEIGHBOURS
$ICK AND HIS SON -ATTHEW EMBARK ON A JOUR NEY TOGETHER RELIVING THE EXPERIENCE OF COM MITTING )RIS TO AN INSTITUTION WHILST -ATTHEW STRUGGLES TO COPE WITH THE CONSEQUENCES OF HIS UNSPOKEN LOVE FOR 6IVIE 4HE TRAGEDY OF THIS STORY IS THAT EACH OF 9OUNG S LONELY AND PSYCHOLOGICALLY ISOLATED CHARACTERS ARE IMMEDIATELY SURROUNDED BY THE PEOPLE WHOSE BONDS WILL HELP THEM TO lND THEIR FEET YET THE VERY INTENSITY OF THEIR FEELING FOR EACH OTHER PREVENT THEM FOR ASKING FOR THE HELP THEY NEED 4HE TERRIFYING AND DANGEROUS WORLD OF MENTAL ILLNESS TWISTS THE PERCEPTIONS OF THE FAMILY SO THAT THEIR LOVE FOR EACH OTHER IS UNRECOGNISABLE !T THE SAME TIME OF ADVO CATING OPENNESS AS THE SOLUTION FOR DEVELOP ING STRONG RELATIONSHIPS THE STORY ALSO SEEMS TO IDEALIZE THE IDEA OF SELF DEVELOPMENT AND THE INTERNAL STRUGGLES THAT ONLY THE INDIVIDUAL CAN COME TO TERMS WITH 4HE BOOK IS EXTREMELY WELL PLANNED n THE DETAILS CRUCIAL TO MAKING UP THE JIGSAW OF COMPLICATED FAMILY HISTORY COME TOGETHER AT EXACTLY THE RIGHT POINTS IN THE STORY TO KEEP THE READER INTRIGUED )T IS A VERY HUMAN APPROACH TO THE CAUSES OF MENTAL DETERIORATION AND AL THOUGH THE OVERALL TONE IS TOUCHING THE EERIE AND UNSETTLING PRESENCE OF DISEASE IS ACUTE AND STRONGLY SUPPORTS THE STORY S VERACITY $UE TO THE INTENSE EMOTIONAL CONTENT THE CHAP TERS ARE KEPT SHORT AND mIT RAPIDLY BETWEEN CHARACTERS SO THAT THE PLOT ISN T DROWNED IN SELF INDULGENT PSYCHO ANALYSIS $ESPITE THIS EACH CHARACTER DRAWS THE READER IN TO THEIR INDIVIDUAL DILEMMAS AND PAINFUL EXPERIENCES AND THE STORY CONNECTS ON A DEEPLY PERSONAL LEVEL ESPECIALLY WITH ANYONE WHO HAS EXPE RIENCE WITH MENTAL ILLNESS IN THE FAMILY OR HAS EVER ENCOUNTERED THE DIFlCULTY OF TELLING SOMEONE THAT YOU LOVE THEM ,YDIA (ARLEY
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LAR #AGE OF 3TARS IS A BESTSELLER AND HAS BEEN NOMINATED FOR THE 3PREAD THE 7ORD &ICTION 0RIZE 4HE ,OVELY "ONES BY !LICE 3EBOLD AN OTHER HUGELY POPULAR TALE OF FAMILY GRIEF AFTER THE MURDER OF A CHILD IS NOW BEING ADAPTED TO THE SCREEN WITH 0ETER *ACKSON DIRECTING 4HE KEY DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE TWO IS NOTICE ABLY THE PRESENCE OF RELIGION 3EBOLD S NOVEL WAS DISTINCTLY SECULAR IN ITS APPROACH WHILST -ITCHARD SETS HER TRAGEDY AMONG A CLOSE KNIT -ORMON COMMUNITY IN 5TAH )NDEED THE IN SIGHT -ITCHARD PROVIDES INTO THIS INSULAR FAITH IS FASCINATING AND THE WAY THE 3WAN FAMILY ARE FORCED TO CONSIDER THE SCHIZOPHRENIC S ACTIONS IN ACCORDANCE WITH -ORMONISM IS A SMALL STROKE OF STORY TELLING GENIUS 2ONNIE 3WAN S JOURNEY FROM ANGRY CHILD TO WISER ADULT IS COMPELLINGLY WRITTEN DESPITE BEING A LITTLE RUSHED IN PACE TOWARDS THE END !N ENJOYABLE READ PARTICULARLY IF YOU ARE IN TERESTED IN A DIFFERENT PHILOSOPHICAL PERSPEC TIVE /R ENJOY READING ABOUT DEAD CHILDREN )F SO DON T PUT THAT DETAIL ON &ACEBOOK -ELISSA 9ORK
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3CRUBS VS 'REEN 7ING (OSPITALS HAVE ALWAYS BEEN A POPULAR SETTING FOR 46 WRITERS BUT HOW GOOD ARE THE COMEDIES SET IN THEM +IF (USSAIN REVIEWS THE 53 SERIES 3CRUBS WHILST &IONA "ILL INGS HOLDS UP THE "RITISH END WITH 'REEN 7ING
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OMEDY IN A HOSPITAL SETTING SHOULD HAVE BEEN A MARRIAGE THAT FAILED 4HE POTENTIAL FOR IRONY AND DISTASTE WAS RIFE (OW WERE LAUGHS TO BE CREATED FOR VIEWERS AMIDST A BACKDROP OF DEATH AND DISEASE !ND FURTHERMORE DOESN T EVERYBODY HATE HOSPITALS (OWEVER AS THE WONDERFUL 3CRUBS CAN TESTIFY WHEN COMEDY IN A BLEAK AND DEPRESSING SET TING IS HANDLED IN THE RIGHT WAY WITH THE RIGHT BALANCE OF HUMOUR AND EMOTION IT DOES MAKE FOR A TRULY FANTASTIC SHOW )F YOU RE ALREADY A FAN YOU LL BE FAMILIAR WITH WHAT FOLLOWSxBUT IF YOU RE NOT THEN READ ON %SSENTIALLY 3CRUBS DETAILS THE TRIALS AND TRIBULATIONS OF THE STAFF AT A lCTIONAL HOSPITAL CALLED 3ACRED (EART 4HE SHOW REVOLVES AROUND A CENTRAL PROTAGONIST DOCTOR *OHN h*$v $O RIAN PLAYED BY THE BRILLIANT :ACH "RAFF 3TO RYLINES USUALLY CONCERN *$ S MATURATION AS A DOCTOR AND AS A PERSON THROUGH THE LIFE LESSONS HE ACQUIRES WHETHER THESE BE FROM HIS RELA TIONSHIPS WITH COLLEAGUES OR HIS EXPERIENCES
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YEAR AFTER THE END OF 3MACK 4HE 0ONY ITS WRITERS SAT DOWN WITH THE IDEA OF CREATING A NEW "RITISH COMEDY SERIES 7HAT THEY CAME UP WITH WAS A SURREAL STRANGE AND OFTEN JUST DOWNRIGHT BIZARRE MEDICAL COMEDY SHOW 'REEN 7ING 3ET IN THE lCTITIOUS %AST (AMPTON (OSPI TAL IN ,ONDON 'REEN 7ING ONLY RAN FOR TWO SERIES FROM TO ALONG WITH A MINUTE SPECIAL IN *ANUARY 4HE STORYLINES WERE BASED AROUND A NUMBER OF THE HOSPITAL S EMPLOYEES INCLUDING OFlCE AND MANAGEMENT STAFF ALONG WITH THE USUAL MEDICAL CHARACTERS $RS #AROLINE 4ODD 'UY 3ECRETAN AND @-AC -ACARTNEY ARE THE CENTRAL PHYSICIANS ALONG WITH $R 3TATHAM AND A NUMBER OF OTHER MI NOR CHARACTERS /FlCE STAFF FEATURED INCLUDE THE CRAZY 3TAFF ,IAISON /FlCER 3UE 7HITE PLAYED BY *ACK $AVENPORT S WIFE -ICHELLE 'OMEZ AND *OANNA #LORE THE OBJECT OF $R
WITH PATIENTS "UT TO SAY THE SHOW REVOLVES SOLELY AROUND *$ DISCOUNTS THE INTEGRAL PART PLAYED BY THE SPECTACULAR SUPPORTING CAST &OR EXAMPLE TAKE THE CHARACTER OF $R 0ERRY #OX A PART PLAYED SO WELL BY *OHN # -C'INLEY THAT YOU COULDN T IMAGINE ANYONE ELSE HAVING IT $R #OX S RELATIONSHIP TO *$ IS AN ESPECIALLY PERTI NENT ONE WITHIN THE SHOW $ESPERATELY TRYING TO SEEK $R #OX S APPROVAL WITH ALMOST EVERY THING HE DOES *$ LONGS FOR A FATHER lGURE OF SORTS AND SEES $R #OX AS lTTING THE BILL #UE ENDLESS HILARITY AS NO MATTER HOW HARD *$ TRIES $R #OX NEVER LETS HIM GET TOO CLOSE n PERFECTLY EXEMPLIlED BY THE FACT THAT HE ENDLESSLY CALLS *$ BY A GIRLS NAME AND BERATES HIS PERFORM ANCE AS A HEALTH PROFESSIONAL (ONESTLY SOME OF THEIR EXCHANGES ARE NOTHING SHORT OF HYSTERI CALLY FUNNY RESULTING IN SOME OF THE BEST BITS OF THE SHOW 0ART OF WHY THE SHOW IS SO WELL DONE CAN ALSO BE ATTRIBUTED TO THE EXCELLENT SCRIPTWRIT ERS )NDEED NONE OTHER THAN "ILL ,AWRENCE WHO HAS ALSO WRITTEN EPISODES OF 3PIN #ITY AND &RIENDS CREATED THE SHOW #LASSICS SUCH AS *$ BEING THE @#HOCOLATE +ING AND THE PHRASE @"A NANA (AMMOCK YOU LL NEVER LOOK AT A PAIR OF 3PEEDOS THE SAME WAY AGAIN ARE TESTAMENT TO THE EXCELLENT TALENT OF THE WRITING TEAM -OREOVER BECAUSE THE SHOW REVOLVES AROUND *$ VIEWERS ARE SUBJECTED TO HIS THOUGHTS AND FEELINGS THROUGH AN INTERNAL VOICEOVER ! NICE TOUCH BY THE WRITERS AND ONE THAT WORKS WELL
3TATHAM S AFFECTIONS AND MOTHER OF 'UY !FTER INTRODUCING THE AUDIENCE TO THE MAIN CHARACTERS IN A BIZARRE PILOT EPISODE THE lRST SERIES CONTINUED IN THE SAME VEIN OF HUMOUR FUSING VISUALLY AMUSING SCENES WITH WEIRD DIALOGUE TO CREATE AN ENTERTAINING AND INNO VATIVE "RITISH COMEDY SHOW "OTH THE lRST AND SECOND SERIES ENDED WITH LITERAL CLIFF HANGERS AS -AC 'UY AND FELLOW DOCTOR -ARTIN ENDED UP PRECARIOUSLY BALANCED ON THE EDGE OF A CLIFF AT THE END OF SERIES ONE AND THEN !LAN *OANNA AND -ARTIN AGAIN lNISHED THE SEC OND SERIES IN A CAR HANGING OFF THE VERY SAME PRECIPICE 4HE SHOW WAS WELL KNOWN FOR ITS USE OF STRANGE STORYLINES AND THESE ONLY GOT STRANGER AS THE SERIES WENT ON !T AN HOUR LONG THE EPISODES WERE TWICE THE LENGTH OF MOST OTHER COMEDY SHOWS AND SOME CRITICS ARGUED THAT THIS DETRACTED FROM THE HUMOUR SOMEWHAT MAKING THE ODD PLOTS SEEM STRETCHED AND MORE UNBELIEVABLE THAN THEY SHOULD HAVE BEEN /NE EXAMPLE OF THIS WAS SEEN IN A STORYLINE INVOLVING $R 3TATHAM AND *OANNA WHEN THEY DECIDED TO GO ON A KILLING SPREE AFTER THEY ACCIDENTALLY KILLED SOMEONE BUT GOT AWAY WITH IT 4HIS PLOT WAS CARRIED ALONG THROUGH A NUMBER OF SHOWS CULMINATING IN THEM WALKING HAND IN HAND AND NAKED INTO THE SEA IN THE SPECIAL EPISODE POSSIBLY TO COMMIT SUICIDE 4HERE WERE A NUMBER OF OTHER THINGS THAT
OFTEN CONTRADICTING *$ S ACTIONS AS WE HEAR HIM THINK ONE THING BUT DO THE COMPLETE OPPOSITE 3CRUBS IS A COMEDY n WE VE ESTABLISHED THAT "UT AND THIS IS WHAT TRULY MARKS IT OUT AS A GREAT SHOW IT WONDERFULLY COMBINES EMO TION AND DRAMA ALONG WITH ITS RIB TICKLING MO MENTS 4HE SPECTRE OF DEATH FAMILY AND ALCO HOLISM ARE JUST SOME OF THE SERIOUS TOPICS THE SHOW MANAGES TO ENTWINE WITH LAUGH OUT LOUD MOMENTS 4HE RESULT 4HE SHOW IS AFFORDED AN UNDENIABLE CHARM THROUGH ITS ABILITY TO SAD DEN YOU ONE MINUTE ONLY TO CRACK YOU UP THE
NEXT 3CRUBS OR 'REEN 7ING THEN )N 'REEN 7ING S FAVOUR THE FACT THAT IT S SET IN GOOD OL %NGLAND IS A PLUS 4HIS GIVES IT THAT UNIQUE "RITISH CHARM WHICH INEVITABLY ATTRACTS FANS AND PRAISE "UT IF YOU WANT MORE FROM YOUR HOSPITAL COMEDY IF YOU WANT CHARACTERS WITH SUBSTANCE STORYLINES WITH MEANING AND EMOTION AND ULTIMATELY A GOOD LAUGH THEN YOU NEED LOOK NO FURTHER THAN 3CRUBS )N THIS INSTANCE WE LL JUST HAVE TO CONCEDE THAT THE 9ANKS CAN DO IT BETTER THAN US
MAKES 'REEN 7ING STAND OUT FROM THE PACK OF OTHER COMEDY SHOWS AROUND &OR EXAMPLE THE FACT THAT ALTHOUGH IT IS A HOSPITAL BASED SERIES NO PATIENTS ARE ACTUALLY TREATED AND IN STEAD ALL THE STORYLINES FOCUS ON WHAT GOES ON BEHIND THE SCENES OF THE HOSPITAL 4HIS COULD BE SEEN IN THE SCENES IN THE OPERATING THEA TRES WHERE 'UY -AC AND #AROLINE WERE OFTEN TO BE FOUND BUT NEVER DID ANY ACTUAL OPERA TIONS DURING THE EPISODE 3INCE THE END OF 'REEN 7ING LAST YEAR THERE HAS BEEN TALK OF A POSSIBLE SPIN OFF BE ING ON THE CARDS IN THE NEAR FUTURE ! NUMBER OF THE SHOW S WRITERS HAVE BEEN QUIZZED ON
THIS BUT ALL HAVE SO FAR DODGED THE QUESTIONS (OWEVER IT IS CLEAR THAT THE SAME TEAM BEHIND 'REEN 7ING HAVE BEEN IN TALKS WITH #HANNEL TO CREATE A NEW COMEDY SHOW SO HOPEFULLY ANOTHER BRILLIANT "RITISH COMEDY WILL BE HIT TING OUR SCREENS IN THE NEAR FUTURE !S FOR 'REEN 7ING ITSELF IT WAS A VERY STRANGE SHOW BRILLIANT INNOVATIVE IN PARTS COMPLETELY WEIRD IN OTHERS (ISTORY COULD JUDGE IT AS BEING AN AMAZING SHOW THAT WAS JUST THAT LITTLE BIT TOO LONG SUFFERING FROM AN EXTENDED RUNNING TIME THAT AFFECTED ITS CO MEDIC VALUE !S GOOD AS 3CRUBS -AYBE NOT 7ORTH A LOOK $ElNITELY
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"IG "ANG 4HEORY 4HURSDAY # PM AT ONCE WHEN A SEXY NEW NEIGHBOUR MOVES INTO THE mAT OPPOSITE )N THE lRST EPISODE ,EONARD *OHNNY 'ALECKI AND 3HELDON *IM 0ARSONS IN TRODUCE THEMSELVES TO 0ENNY +ALEY #UOCO AND OVER THE COMING WEEKS THE AUDIENCE WILL FOLLOW THEIR IMPENDING HAPLESS MISADVENTURES 4HE CLEAR DIFFERENCES BETWEEN THE ECLECTIC CHARACTERS IMMEDIATELY BECOME APPARENT AND ALTHOUGH THIS IS NOT A NEW PREMISE FOR A SITCOM THE ADDED PIZZAZZ OF THE CONTENT BEING A LITTLE MORE NICHE IS DIFFERENT FOR AN !MERICAN AUDIENCE (ERE IN THE 5+ WE HAVE BECOME USED TO CULT HUMOUR AND PROGRAMMES THAT DO NOT AP PEAL TO THE MASSES WHERE THE PREMISE IS THAT OF SOCIALLY AWKWARD CHARACTERS BEING FOLLOWED THROUGH THEIR TROUBLES SOME OF THE MOST WIT TILY OBSERVED OF THESE BEING THE LIKES OF 3PACED 4HE )4 #ROWD AND 0EEP 3HOW 4HE !MERICAN AUDI ENCE IS MUCH MORE ATTUNED TO POLISHED ACTORS
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46 #LASSICS 4HE 7ILD (OUSE .EIGHBOURS &OR ALL NEIGHBOURS FANS THE MOVE TO lVE MAY HAVE SEEMED UPSETTING WHEN WE lRST HEARD THE NEWS BUT THE 3ATURDAY OMNIBUS SEEMS TO HAVE MADE UP FOR ANY ANNOYING ADVERT BREAKS THAT NOW OCCUR .EIGHBOURS IS SET FOR A DRAMA lLLED FEW WEEKS WITH THE BEGINNING OF 3USAN S TRIAL AND A FATAL DIAGNOSIS 3USAN S CONDITION BEGINS TO WORSEN WITH HER LOSING HER SIGHT AND 4OADIE DOES NOT COPE WELL WITH REGULAR PANIC ATTACKS "RIDGET SEEMS UNA WARE OF THE TROUBLE THE CASE IS CAUSING THOSE AROUND HER AND IS BEGINNING TO lNALLY ADMIT SHE HAS FEELINGS FOR $ECLAN AS THEY BEGIN DAT ING ,IBBY HAS ALSO RETURNED TO SUPPORT HER MUM AND REFUSES TO MENTION WHY HER RELA TIONSHIP WITH $ARREN HAS BROKEN DOWN /N THE OTHER SIDE OF THE STREET .ED IS CAUGHT IN A STICKY SITUATION WHEN +IRSTEN DECIDES TO RE TURN TO %RINSBOROUGH TO FURTHER COMPLICATE THE .ED -ICKEY *ANAE HOUSEHOLD 4HE MOVE TO lVE HAS BEEN SMOOTH AND IF YOU CAN BEAR THE BREAKS .EIGHBOURS IS STILL PROVIDING AMUS ING AND HEARTBREAKING STORIES EVERY WEEK TO KEEP US ENTERTAINED 2EBECCA 2UTT
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&ORMED BY THE TEAM BEHIND THE 3PICE 'IRLS &IVE OR IVE AS THEY TRENDILY LIKED TO BE KNOWN CAME INTO BEING IN 4HE BAND LINE UP WHICH REMAINED UNCHANGED THROUGHOUT THEIR EXISTENCE WAS 3COTT 2OBINSON 2ITCHIE .EVILLE *ASON @* "ROWN 2ICHARD @!BS "REEN AND 3EAN #ONLON n ALL lNE BASTIONS OF THE POP GENRE 4HEY ACHIEVED THREE NUMBER ONE SINGLES IN THE 5+ CHARTS WITH +EEP /N @-OVIN ,ET S $ANCE AND 7E 7ILL 2OCK 9OU A RE RELEASE OF THE 1UEEN CLASSIC THAT FEATURED "RIAN -AY ON THE GUITAR /THER CLASSIC &IVE SONGS WORTHY OF MENTION ARE %VERYBODY 'ET 5P )F 9A 'ETTIN $OWN AND 3LAM $UNK $A &UNK !S WELL AS POOR GRAMMAR MANY OF THESE SONG TITLES SHOW AN APTITUDE FOR MOVEMENT OF SOME VARIETY AND THIS VIVACIOUS
ENERGY WAS OFTEN REmECTED IN THE DANCE ROU TINES FOR THE HITS n ANYTHING . 3YNC COULD DO THESE BOYS TRIED TO DO AS WELL 4HE GROUP DISBANDED IN WITH !BS ALMOST IMMEDIATELY TRYING HIS HAND AT A SOLO CAREER (E CHALKED UP THREE TOP SINGLES BUT BY HE WAS APPEARING ON #ELEBRITY ,OVE )S LAND * RECENTLY APPEARED ON THE ONLY SLIGHTLY MORE CREDIBLE ) M A #ELEBRITY 'ET -E /UT OF (ERE AND lNISHED THIRD BEHIND #HRISTOPHER "IGGINS AND *ANICE $ICKINSON HIGH BROW COM PANY INDEED 3COTT WAS ONE OF THE LEADS IN THE 5+ RE GIONAL TOURING MUSICAL "OOGIE .IGHTS WHILE THE ONLY THING YOU REALLY NEED TO KNOW ABOUT 2ITCHIE IS THAT HE GOT TO DATE "ILLIE 0IPER IN 4HESE FOUR ALL REFORMED IN BUT ONLY SEVEN MONTHS LATER DECIDED THAT THIS WAS A BAD PLAN AND GAVE UP ON THE IDEA 3EAN #ONLEN WHO KEPT OUT OF THE COMEBACK ATTEMPTS HAS RECORDED A SOLO ALBUM THAT IS DUE FOR RELEASE THIS YEAR -ARCUS *ONES
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FTER HEARING THEIR EN ERGY lLLED PARTY POP YOU MAY BE SURPRISED TO HEAR THAT THESE COOL CATS ARE RELATIVELY OLD TO BE HOPPING ON THE .-% TOUR BUS AS @ONES FOR THE FUTURE +ATIE 7HITE WAS A MEMBER OF GIRL GROUP 4OTAL +NOCK /UT WHO SUPPORTED THE LIKES OF !TOMIC +ITTEN AND IVE BACK IN THE DAY 3HE STARTING WRIT ING WITH *ULES $E -ARTINO AS PART OF $EAR %SKIIMO BUT -ERCURY DROPPED THEM JUST OVER A YEAR AGO AND NOW THE TIME HAS COME FOR THIS SNAZZY DUO TO DO THEIR OWN THING 3O WHEN YOU FORMED 4HE 4ING 4INGS DID YOU INSTANTLY REALISE THERE WAS SOMETHING THAT EXTRA BIT SPECIAL THERE h.O ) DON T THINK SO WE WEREN T EVEN PLANNING TO BE A BAND AGAIN v 7HY WAS THAT h7E WERE JUST A BIT TIRED OF IT REALLY v +ATE GIGGLES *ULES EXPLAINS h7E HAD OTHER JOBS WE HAD RENT TO PAY SO WE D JUST KIND OF GET TOGETHER AND JAM +ATE LEARNED THE GUITAR IT WAS ALL A BIT HAPHAZARD PLAYING THE SAME CHORD FOR HOURS AND HOURS THAT KIND OF THING 4HEN AFTER WE GOT A COUPLE OF SONGS TOGETHER WE LOOKED AT EACH OTHER AND THOUGHT YEAH THIS COULD BE A BIT OF A LAUGH NOT THINK ING ABOUT FORMING A BAND MORE LIKE PARTIESv -AYBE BECAUSE YOU WEREN T TAKING IT SO SERIOUSLY THAT S WHY IT WAS SO SUCCESSFUL h9EAHv +ATE NODS h)N THE PAST WE WERE SO PARTICULAR AND ) FOUND IT QUITE LIBERATING NOT BEING TOTALLY REHEARSED AND NOT HAVING TO PLEASE ANYONE 7E WROTE IT FOR OURSELVES WE HONESTLY DIDN T THINK ANYONE WOULD WANT TO RELEASE ITv 3O HOW DID YOU GO FROM JUST JAMMING TO DOING GIGS THEN h&OR THE lRST PARTY WE ORGAN ISED A GET TOGETHER WITH ABOUT FRIENDS GOT SOME BEER IN LIKE YOU DO BUT IT COST US LIKE QUID &OR THE SECOND ONE WE DIDN T WANNA CHARGE OUR FRIENDS SO WE GOT THIS OLD 46 AND CUT A WHOLE IN IT PUT LIGHTS ON IT AND A SIGN SAYING @DONATIONS PLEASE AND AT THE END OF THAT PARTY WE HAD LIKE a IN THERE ABOUT PEOPLE HAD TURNED UP AND THAT WAS THE lRST TIME WE REALLY PLAYED A GIG ) SAY GIG BUT IT WAS ONLY THREE SONGSv *ULES REMI
NISCES h7E STARTED DOING IT ONCE EVERY MONTH AND THE NEXT TIME THERE WAS PEOPLE THERE MORE MONEY IN THE 46 AND THE NEXT THING WE KNOW XFM WERE ADVERTISING OUR NEXT PAR TY v 7OW HOW DID 8FM HEAR ABOUT YOU h*UST WORD OF MOUTH THE IN
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BAND THE ONLY FUTURE WE THOUGHT WE HAD WAS DOING PARTIES AND MAY BE A FEW CLUBS AND GET A FEW HUN DRED QUID v !FTER SENDING RECORDS OUT TO RADIO STATIONS IT WASN T LONG BEFORE 3TEVE ,AMAQ CAUGHT WIND OF THIS POPTASTIC WAVE AND STARTING SPIN NING 'REAT $* REGULARLY *ULES IS STILL IN DISBELIEF h) CAN T BELIEVE 2ADIO ARE PLAYING OUR RECORD THERE S ONLY COPIES AND YOU CAN T GET IT IN SHOPS WHICH IS INCREDIBLE THEY DON T NORMALLY DO THAT YOU KNOW v 4HE 4ING 4INGS ALSO HAVE 3TEVE ,AMAQ TO THANK FOR GETTING THEM A SMALL STAGE PERFORMANCE AT 'LASTONBURY 4HIS WAS CLEARLY A BIG STEP FOR THE BAND h7E DID 'LASTONBURY NOT LONG AFTER THE FOURTH PARTY ACTUALLY SO WE WERE JUST THINKING WEHEY &REE TICKETS TO 'LASTONBURY BUT THERE WAS ALL SORTS OF CHAOS THEY DIDN T KNOW US AND WOULDN T LET US IN THEN ALL OF SUDDEN 3TEVE ,AMAQ IS INTRODUCING THE BAND 7E GOT BACK THAT NIGHT OUR MANAGER CALLED AND SAID PUT ""# ON AND THERE WAS THIS FEATURE ABOUT US AT 'LASTON BURY AND WE HAD NO IDEA THEY WERE lLMING US v $OING GIGS WITH ONLY THREE SONGS 4HE 4ING 4INGS WERE CER
TAINLY THROWN IN AT THE DEEP END (OW MUCH MATERIAL HAVE YOU GUYS GOT NOW h SONGSx AND A COUPLE OF B SIDES ABOUT Sv 4HEY HAVE DONE WELL TO KEEP THEIR LATEST STUFF UNDER WRAPS WITH ONLY THE INITIAL THREE SONGS PLUS ONE OTHER AVAIL
h&OR THE lRST SINGLE WE WANTED TO A REACTION WE DIDN T WANT THE AUDIENCES TO JUST BE PASSIVE v ABLE TO DOWNLOAD OR LISTEN TO ON THEIR -Y3PACE 7HAT CAN WE EX PECT FROM THE DEBUT ALBUM h)T S ALL KIND OF GOT THAT SAME ENERGY THAT DRIVE THERE S A LITTLE SURPRISE IN THERE WITH A SLOW SONG TOOv 4OP PING lRST TWO SINGLES 4HAT S .OT -Y .AME AND 'REAT $* IS GOING TO BE A DIFlCULT TASK 4HE LATTER OF WHICH IS
BEING SOLD IN OLD VINYL SLEEVES THAT THE BAND HAVE TURNED INSIDE OUT AND RE DESIGNED BY HAND 7HAT IS THE POINT OF THIS WE ASK h7ELL FOR THE lRST SINGLE WE WANTED TO GET MORE OF A REACTION WE DIDN T WANT THE AUDIENCES TO JUST COME AND BE PASSIVE 3O WE DID THESE FOUR GIGS IN 3ALFORD ,ONDON "ERLIN AND .EW 9ORK AND WE HUNG UP LIKE A HUNDREAD BLANK VINYL COVERS ON THE WALLS AND GAVE THE AUDIENCE FOUR ME DIUMSxYEAH LIKE PAINT PENCILS ELECTRIC TOOTHBRUSHES WITH PAINT ON THEM AND LET PEOPLE JUST DO WHAT THEY WANTED DEPENDING HOW THEY FELT ON THE ATMOSPHERE 4HAT INSPIRED US TO DO SOMETHING ELSE A BIT DIFFERENT FOR THE NEXT ONE v )S THIS PARTICULAR IDEA RELATED DIRECTLY TO THE SONG h9EAH KIND OF BECAUSE FOR 'REAT $* WE WANTED TO GO OUT AND GET OLD VINYL AND JUST KIND OF RE CYCLE THEM IT S ALMOST LIKE MIX INGx!ND COS THE WHOLE THING IS HOMEMADE IT S A LITTLE BIT MORE OF AN EXPERIENCE THAN YOUR AVERAGE VIYNLv 7HILST THIS IS HONOURABLE DEDI CATION IT MEANS THERE ARE LIMITED NUMBERS OF THE SINGLE AVAILABLE IN FACT YOU CAN CURRENTLY ONLY GET IT ON THE .-% TOUR (AVE YOU DONE ANYTHING WITH ALL THE OLD RECORDS h9EAH !FTER THE .-% TOUR GIGS WE WENT OUT $*ING WITH THEM PLAYED 'HOSTBUSTERS AND +UNG &OO &IGHT ING SOME BRILLIANT RECORDS v +ATIE JOINS IN h%VEN THE BAD RECORDS WORK AS WELL COS ITS ALL JUST A BIT CRAZYv +ATIE S INmUENCES INCLUDE "LONDIE AND -ARIAH #AREY AND IT IS CLEAR THAT DESPITE THEIR INDIE COOL 4HE 4ING 4INGS ARE COMING FROM A MORE POP DIRECTION THAN ONE WOULD EXPECT ON AN .-% TOUR (OW DO THE AUDIENCE RECEIVE YOU h4HE ONES THAT KNOW US GO NUTS AND THE OTHERS SEEM TO LIKE IT TOO )F BY THE END PEOPLE HAVE GONE FROM JUST STANDING STILL TO WAVING THEIR ARMS AROUND WE FEEL LIKE WE VE ACHIEVED SOMETHING v 7HEN 'REAT $* IS FORMALLY RELEASED ON #$ ON -ARCH RD THIS WRITER IS SURE 4HE 4ING 4INGS WILL ACHIEVE SOMETHING IN THE WAY OF A lRST EVER CHART POSI TION
'OT #APE 7ORN #APE 7HERE NEXT 3AM @'ET #APE 7EAR #APE &LY $UCKWORTH IS TO RETURN WITH HIS SECOND ALBUM 3EARCH ING &OR (OWS AND 7HYS IN -ARCH *OE (ENLEY MEETS THE MAN HIMSELF TO DISCUSS WHAT S CHANGED SINCE HIS PASSIONATE POLITICALLY INFORMED DEBUT
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THE WAY THEY ARE AND THAT S SOME THING THAT S REALLY COME FORWARD ON THIS RECORD %VEN MORE SO THAN ON MY lRST v "UT IT S A RISKY WAY TO DO THINGS AND IT HAS LEFT 3AM OPEN TO CRITICISM 3OME PEOPLE AS EVEN HE HIMSELF WOULD CON CEDE DON T NOT WANT TO BE TOLD TO BUY &AIR4RADE EVERY TIME THEY GO TO A SHOW h!LL ) VE BEEN SAYING ALL ALONG ON THINGS LIKE &AIR4RADE AND ANTI RACISM IS IF YOU RE INTO IT THEN DO IT $ON T MAKE A MASSIVE THING OF IT YOU RE DOING IT BECAUSE IT S THE RIGHT THING TO DO AND YOU SHUT UP ABOUT IT !ND IT S GREAT ) MEAN 3AINSBURYS NOW ONLY STOCK &AIR4RADE BANANAS WHICH IS GREAT -ARKS @N 3PENCERS BOUGHT OF THE WORLD S FAIR TRADE COTTON LAST YEAR SO THEY HAD TO OPEN lVE NEW PLANTS )T S JUST ABOUT DRIVING PEO PLE TO MAKE CONSCIOUS DECISIONS 9OU MAKE YOUR OWN DECISIONS AND RUN YOUR OWN LIFE BUT IF YOU WANT TO SEE CHANGE IN THE WORLD THEN IT S GOT TO START WITH YOU v !GAINST A BACKDROP OF FACELESS SINGER SONGWRITERS WHO CHOOSE NOT #LEARLY MOST IMPORTANT TO 3AM IS THE FACT THAT HIS NEW SONGS ARE BEING WELL RECEIVED (E ADMITS TO FEELING ANXIOUS ABOUT THE RE CEPTION OF THE RECORD h.OW ) VE BEEN ON THE ROAD ) FEEL A LOT BET TER ABOUT IT THAN ) DID BEFORE v !S MUCH AS WE D EXPECT SOMEONE SO CONlDENT AND POLITICALLY OUTSPO KEN NOT TO BE SO CONCERNED IN THIS
h)F YOU RE STANDING STILL WHILE THE WHOLE WORLD S MOVING ON ESSENTIALLY YOU ARE MOVING BACKWARDS v RESPECT 3AM IS INCREDIBLY PASSION ATE ABOUT HIS MUSIC 4HE %VENT GETS A REAL FEEL FOR HOW IMPORTANT ARTISTIC GROWTH IS TO HIM h)F YOU RE
STANDING STILL WHILE THE WHOLE WORLD S MOVING ON ESSENTIALLY YOU ARE MOVING BACKWARDS v "UT IN WHAT WAY EXACTLY IS 3AM MOV ING FORWARD h4HIS RECORD S QUITE DIFFERENT FROM THE lRSTv MUSES 3AM h)T S A LOT BANDIER THERE S MORE ORCHES TRATION AND MORE DRUMS ALL THE WAY THROUGH v 3EEMINGLY WE CAN EXPECT A MATURE RECORD ONE THAT S A LOT LESS SINGER SONGWRITER AND A LOT MORE DRUM @N BASS 7ITH PROGRESSIVE ELECTRO ARTIST .ITIN 3AWHNEY ON CO PRODUCTION DU TIES SWEEPING ARRANGEMENTS AND A GENERAL WIDER PERSPECTIVE ARE UN SURPRISINGLY BROUGHT TO THE FORE .OT A CONSCIOUS DECISION SAYS 3AM JUST A NATURAL PROGRESSION h) DON T REALLY LISTEN TO SINGER SONG WRITERS APART FROM %LLIOTT 3MITH .ITIN S A GENIUS 7ORKING TOGETHER WE COULD TAKE BITS AND PUSH THEM IN A DIFFERENT DIRECTION v 7HILE ASKING QUESTIONS MUSI CALLY 3AM IS AS KEEN AS EVER TO USE HIS LYRICS AS A WAY OF ADDRESSING WIDER POLITICAL AND SOCIAL ISSUES h) THINK IT S IMPORTANT TO TRY AND CHALLENGE EVERYTHING 7HY YOU ARE THE WAY ARE WHY THINGS ARE
h)F YOU RE INTO FAIR TRADE AND ANTI RACISM THEN DO IT $ON T MAKE A MASSIVE THING OF IT YOU RE DOING IT BECAUSE IT S THE RIGHT THING TO DO v TO OR ARE UNABLE TO ADDRESS PO LITICAL ISSUES IN THEIR SONGS 3AM S MUSIC AND HIS VOICE IN PARTICULAR REALLY STANDS OUT (E S QUICK TO RECOGNISE THAT THIS HAS BEEN AN IM PORTANT FACTOR IN HIS SUCCESS BUT HE S ALSO QUICK TO DEmECT THE JOUR NALISTIC SENSATIONALISM THAT CAME HIS WAY ON THE ADVENT OF HIS BREAK INTO THE MAINSTREAM -USIC PRESS AND BROADSHEETS ALIKE HAILED @THE
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$UFFY IS ONE OF THE MOST HOTLY TIPPED NEW ARTISTS OF AND THERE S A VERY GOOD REASON WHY SHE S STARRED IN SO MANY OF THOSE INDUSTRY POLLS SHE S A PRETTY WHITE NON DRUG ADDICTED VERSION OF !MY 7INEHOUSE 7HAT WON T THE PUBLIC LOVE )GNORE THE INDUSTRY MACHINATIONS HOWEVER AND WHAT YOU GET IS A HIGHLY TALENTED AND LIKEABLE ARTIST ! BREAK FROM THE STATELY UNDERSTATED MELODIES OF lRST SINGLE 2OCKFERRY -ERCY IS SEXY AND SWAGGERING )T STARTS WITH A NOUGHTIES SYNTH UPDATING OF THE CHORDS TO "EN % +ING S 3TAND "Y -E BEFORE A RETRO (AMMOND ORGAN AND STRING PART
SWEEP IN ,IKE 7INEHOUSE IT S LIKE THE VERY BEST OF SIXTIES -OTOWN AND 3TAX BUT WITH A CLASSY MODERN TWIST $UFFY HAS BEEN COMPARED TO $USTY 3PRINGlELD PRESUMABLY BECAUSE THEY RE BOTH BLONDE WOMEN WHO SOUND BLACK BUT WHEREAS 3PRINGlELD S VOICE HAD A CLEANLINESS TO ITS POWER $UFFY S IS GRAINY RAW AND FUNKY 7ITH SHUFmING HAND CLAP PERCUSSION AND A SPOKEN WORD BREAK MID WAY THROUGH THIS SONG IS AS CATCHY AS A &RISBEE 2 N " LIKE IT SHOULD BE WITH SOUL INSTEAD OF GLOSS $O BELIEVE THE HYPE 3ARAH #HRISTIE
.ICK #AVE AND THE "AD 3EEDS $IG ,AZARUS $IG $IG ,AZARUS $IG IS THE lRST SINGLE TO BE TAKEN FROM THE FORTHCOMING .ICK #AVE AND THE "AD 3EEDS RECORD THEIR FOURTEENTH STUDIO EFFORT TO DATE )T S A HUMOROUS RE EVALUATION OF THE BIBLICAL STORY OF ,AZARUS RAISED FROM
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)T S ALMOST TWO YEARS ON FROM THE RELEASE OF THE -YSTERY *ETS WONDERFULLY ECCENTRIC DEBUT ALBUM -AKING $ENS AND IN A COUNTRY WHERE IDENTIKIT )NDIE FOR LADS TO LIKE AND THEIR MUMS TO THINK IS ALRIGHT AS WELL SEEMS TO BE THE ORDER OF THE DAY THEIR RETURN WITH A PROPER SINGLE COULDN T HAVE COME SOON ENOUGH !LTHOUGH LACKING THE PRESENCE OF (ENRY (ARRISON WHO HAPPENS TO BE THE FATHER OF ANOTHER MEMBER OF THE BAND IN THE VIDEO AND LIVE SHOW THE -YSTERY *ETS HAVEN T LOST ANY OF THEIR WEIRD CHARM 4HIS
SONG IS SLIGHTLY LESS @OUT THERE THAN PREVIOUS EFFORTS WHICH FEATURED TALES OF CATS BECOMING FRIENDS WITH MICE AND !LAS !GNES ALTHOUGH WE WILL LEAVE YOU TO LOOK INTO THAT SONG FOR YOURSELF $ESPITE THIS IT STILL DISPLAYS A BRILLIANT LACK OF ORDER AND IF YOU DON T lND YOURSELF SINGING OR HUMMING IT AFTER LISTENING YOU MUST HAVE NO SOUL OR SOMETHING &EATURING ,AURA -ARLING WHO RESEMBLES AN %NGLISH $EBBIE (ARRY @YOU DON T NEED EYES TO SEE SOMEONE HAS A HEART OF GLASS BOTH IN LYRICAL CONTENT SOUND AND APPEARANCE IN THE VIDEO THIS IS JOYOUS IF A BIT STRANGE POP MUSIC AT ITS BEST *ACK 0ITT
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SINGLES THE BAND HAVE RELEASED OVER THE PAST YEAR OR SO HAVE PUT THEM ON EVERYBODY S ONES TO WATCH FOR LISTS AND RIGHTLY SO 4HE ONLY PROBLEM IS THAT THE SINGLES ARE THE BEST PART OF THE ALBUM THE REST DOESN T LIVE UP TO THE SAME HIGH QUALITY 9OU "RING -E $OWN OOZES WITH THE VOICE AND BODY OF A FEMME FATALE )T IS SUGAR COATED PUNK BUT WITH A BITE AND WHEN IT DOES BITE IT BITES HARD ) 7ISH ) 7AS 3OMEONE "ETTER CONSISTS OF A DRUM BEAT WHICH RESEMBLES THAT OF 4HE 7HITE 3TRIPES JUST WITH EXTRA CYMBALS AND OVER THAT A GUITAR BATHED IN ACIDITY !$($ PROVIDES ANOTHER EXAMPLE OF "LOOD 2ED 3HOES THREADBARE PUNK 4HE STABBING GUITAR AND HAMMERING DRUM BEAT PROVIDE A FRANTIC MASH OF AGGRESSION )T S A TWITCHY AFFAIR WITH VERY DISTRACTED VOCALS AS THE NAME OF THE SONG MAY SUGGEST 4HE BEST TRACK ON THE ALBUM THOUGH IS )TS 'ETTING "ORING "Y 4HE 3EA 'UITARIST ,ARA -ARY #ARTER GIVES THE TRACK SUCH ATTITUDE STICKING TWO lNGERS UP AT THE BANDS HOME TOWN OF "RIGHTON )T BLENDS THE VOCALS OF BOTH #ARTER AND DRUMMER 3TEVEN !NSELL PERFECTLY WHICH IS SOMETHING "LOOD 2ED 3HOES DO VERY WELL THROUGHOUT $ESPITE ALL THIS THE ALBUM IS STILL NOT AS GOOD AS IT COULD BE /PENING TRACK $OESN T -ATTER -UCH IS A DISTINCTLY AVERAGE
TUNE WHICH COMES PACKAGED WITH AUDIENCE FRIENDLY hYEAH YEAHSv THROUGHOUT THE CHORUS OF WHICH ONLY SEEM TO HAVE BEEN PUT IN FOR SING A LONG PURPOSES AT LIVE SHOWS 3AY 3OMETHING 3AY !NYTHING IS ANOTHER SLICE OF MEDIOCRITY WHILST 4AKE 4HE 7EIGHT COULD HAVE BEEN BY 4HE %NEMY /NE OF THE BIGGEST PROBLEMS OF THE ALBUM IS THE RELIANCE ON !NSELL FOR THE VOCALS )F EVERY SONG WAS SUNG BY #ARTER INSTEAD NO DOUBT SOME OF THE SONGS WOULD SOUND
BETTER /VERALL "OX /F 3ECRETS IS NOT A BAD ALBUM BUT DISAPPOINTINGLY IT HAS THE POTENTIAL TO BE SO MUCH BETTER (OPEFULLY IN THE FUTURE "LOOD 2ED 3HOES WILL LIVE UP TO THEIR FULL POTENTIAL BUT THEY ARE NOT QUITE THERE YET ALTHOUGH THIS IS NOT A BAD START .ICK 2EADING
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-ORRISSEY MIGHT BE THE -AR MITE OF THE MUSICAL WORLD BUT HE HAS ENOUGH RABID FANS TO HAVE SUSTAINED A TWENTY YEAR SOLO CAREER n NOT THAT YOU D GUESS IT FROM THIS COM PILATION ,UDICROUSLY ONLY FOUR OF THE TRACKS ON THIS lF TEEN SONG ALBUM WERE RELEASED BEFORE SO IF YOU OWN EITHER OR BOTH OF -ORRISSEY S TWO LATEST ALBUMS AVOID THIS SO CALLED 'REATEST (ITS LIKE A COURT CASE FROM AN IRATE EX BAND MEMBER 4HIS COMPILATION WOULD HAVE NO POINT n ITS NOT A COMPREHENSIVE OVERVIEW OF HIS CAREER AND INCLUDES NO RARITIES APART FROM A SUPERmUOUS COVER OF 0ATTI 3MITH S 2EDONDO "EACH n EXCEPT THAT THE SONGS HOWEVER ILLOGICALLY CHOSEN ARE GREAT 4HAT 4HE 3MITHS ARE BETTER THAN -ORRIS SEY THERE S LITTLE DOUBT BUT THIS COMPILATION DOES SUCCEED IN PROVING JUST HOW GOOD HE CAN BE %VERYDAY )S ,IKE 3UN DAY IS MAJESTIC AS GREAT AS ANYTHING -ORRISSEY HAS HAD A HAND IN SOLO OR OTHERWISE !GE HAS NOT MELLOWED HIM AND THERE S STILL A LYRICAL BRAVERY HERE FEW CAN MATCH 4RUE HE OFTEN RETREADS THE SAME THEMES THE TWO NEW SONGS 4HAT S (OW 0EOPLE 'ROW 5P AND !LL 9OU .EED )S -E ARE A CASE IN POINT BUT HE JUST DOES IT SO WELL !ND WHO ELSE CAN GET TOP TENS WHILE SINGING ABOUT GANG VIOLENCE AND NATIONALISM !N ODDLY PUT TOGETHER ALBUM BUT EVEN THE -ARMITE HAT ERS AMONG YOU HAVE GOT TO lND SOMETHING TO ADMIRE HERE 6IVA -ORRISSEY
!S LATE AS THIS MAY SEEM SPACE JUST HAS TO lLLED AND IN THIS REVIEWERS OPINION THE ONLY AL BUM OF THE LAST MONTH WORTH lLLING THIS HOLE WITH IS THE MAG NIlCENT SELF TITLED DEBUT ALBUM FROM .EW 9ORKER S 6AMPIRE 7EEKEND )T S AN ALBUM CHOCK A BLOCK WITH SMILE A SECOND WONDERS 4HE ALBUM BEGINS WITH -ANSFORD 2OOF A SONG THAT PROVES THAT PROVES 6AMPIRE 7EEKEND TRULY KNOW THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN POP AND ROCK THE FORMER BEING THE ONE THEY REALLY MAKE THE MOST OF /XFORD #OMMA AND DE BUT SINGLE ! 0UNK COMPLETE ONE OF THE STRONGEST OPEN INGS TO A DEBUT RECORD WE HAVE HEARD IN A VERY LONG TIME 4HE FOURTH TRACK #APE #OD +WASSA +WASSA THE DEMO TUNE THAT GOT THEM THE ATTENTION OF THE LABELS HAS THANKFULLY BARELY BEEN TAMPERED WITH WHICH MAKES A CHANGE AND ADDS TO THE ROUGH DEMO LIKE FEEL OF THE RECORD THAT OFTEN CALLS TO MIND THE BRILLIANT YET CASUAL AND UNCOMPLICATEED MOMENTS OF 4HE 3TROKES AND "ELLE AND 3EBASTIEN 4HE SECOND HALF OF THE ALBUM IS A SHOWCASE FOR THE !F RICAN INmUENCE THAT ULTIMATELY SHAPES THE SOUND OF 6AM PIRE 7EEKEND 4HE SUNNY RHYTHM OF /NE "LAKE S 'OT A .EW &ACE IS THE NOTABLE !FRO 0OP HIGHLIGHT BUT IT S THE BLISSFUL ) 3TAND #ORRECTED WHERE 6AMPIRE 7EEKEND REALLY PROVE THEIR WORTH 5NDOUBTEDLY THE MOST REFRESHING AND REPLAYABLE INDIE ALBUM IN YEARS
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.OT ENOUGH PEOPLE HAVE HEARD OF THE 3HINS 4HEN AGAIN PART OF THEIR CHARM IS THAT UPON lRST LISTENING TO THEM IT FEELS LIKE YOU ARE DISCOVERING SOMETHING COMPLETELY PERSONAL THAT NO ONE ELSE HAS EVER HEARD /H )NVERTED 7ORLD IS THE lRST OF THREE ALBUMS TO COME SO FAR FROM THE BAND DESCRIBED BY .-% AS @THE ONLY REAL INDIE BAND LEFT 4HE ALBUM OPENS WITH THE HAUNTING DREAMLIKE #ARING IS #REEPY !MBIENT WHISTLING IS PUNCTURED WITH "EACH "OY VOCALS THAT COULD MELT EVEN THE HARDEST OF HEARTS /NE OF THE BEST THINGS ABOUT THE 3HINS IS THAT THEIR SONGS MEANDER ALONG PRO GRESSING NATURALLY FROM START TO lNISH LIKE A mOW OF MUSIC 4HE MUSICIANSHIP OF THE BAND AND THE SONGWRITING OF *AMES -ERCER ARE IMPECCABLE THROUGHOUT CREATING IN INTERESTING HYBRID OF UPBEAT ROCK SONGS +NOW 9OUR /NION 4HE #ELIBATE ,IFE AND SLOWER SWEETER NUMBERS LIKE .EW 3LANG ARGUABLY ONE OF THE GREATEST SONGS OF RECENT TIMES 3URREAL LYRICS AND ECHOING GUITARS COMBINE TO FORM A FRAGILE BEAUTY WHICH IS UNLIKE ANYTHING ELSE RELEASED AT THE TIME BE FORE OR SINCE /H )NVERTED 7ORLD IS AN EXQUISITE AMALGAMATION OF LYRICAL AND MUSICAL CHARM MATCHED IN THE 3HINS TWO LATER ALBUMS #HUTES 4OO .ARROW AND 7INCING THE .IGHT !WAY #HAMPIONED IN THE lLM 'ARDEN 3TATE BY .ATALIE 0ORTMAN /H )NVERTED 7ORLD IS AN ESSENTIAL ALBUM THAT WILL hCHANGE YOUR LIFEv *AMES (EARN
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FRENZY OF HEAD SHAKING AND LIMB mAILING WHILST THE HIGHLIGHT ,ETS -AKE /UT THEIR ODE TO ROMANCE PROVIDES A WELCOME OP PORTUNITY FOR ANY COUPLES TO DO JUST THAT WHAT WITH IT BEING THE EVE OF 6ALENTINE S $AY .EXT UP ARE *OE ,EAN 4HE *ING *ANG *ONG .OW THEY HAVE BEEN HYPED UP TO THE EXTREME AS THE BIG THING FOR SO THERE IS AN ANTICIPATION IN THE AIR TO SEE WHAT ALL THE FUSS IS ABOUT 4HEY BEGIN THEIR SET WITH THE INSTRUMENTAL 4OUGH 4ERRIBLE WHICH SOUNDS SUSPICIOUSLY LIKE THE SONG BY $ICK $ALE (IS $EL 4ONES OVER THE OPENING CREDITS OF 0ULP &ICTION ! BIT OF A RIP OFF MAYBE BUT UNDOUBTEDLY A lNE ONE 5N FORTUNATELY THOUGH AFTER THIS THINGS START TO GO DOWNHILL 4HE BAND HAVE A PRETEN TIOUS FEEL TO THEM AS DO THE SONGS WHICH NEVER REALLY GO ANYWHERE 3INGER *OE ,EAN ALSO LOOKS ANOREXIC AT BEST !LL OF THIS EQUALS A BIT OF A LET DOWN &INALLY ALONG COME 4HE #RIBS THE BAND THAT IN ALL LIKELIHOOD MOST PEOPLE HAVE COME TO SEE 2YAN *ARMAN IS HIS USU AL MANIC SELF WHILST BROTHER 'ARY SEEMS MORE RESERVED 4HEY TEAR THROUGH THEIR SET WITH THE SAME HIGH TEMPO THAT THEIR LIVE SHOWS HAVE BECOME FAMOUS FOR )T
CONSISTS OF A MIX FROM ALL OF THEIR ALBUMS THE HIGHLIGHTS BEING (EY 3CENSTERS OFF 4HE .EW &ELLAS AND -EN S .EEDS FROM THEIR LATEST OFFERING !S THEIR SET COMES TO A CLOSE 2YAN lNISHES OFF HIS DRINK TAKES OFF HIS SHIRT AND DIVES INTO THE CROWD FOR THAT AUTHENTIC #RIBS lNALE
!LL IN ALL A PRETTY GOOD NIGHT 7HILST *OE ,EAN 4HE *ING *ANG *ONG MAY HAVE BEEN A BIT OF A LET DOWN 4HE 4ING 4INGS AND 4HE #RIBS CERTAINLY MADE IT A GOOD GIG BUT THE NIGHT BELONGED TO $OES )T /FFEND 9OU 9EAH -ORE FROM THEM SOON PLEASE
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4OURING IN SUPPORT OF HIS UNRELEASED BUT HIGHLY ANTICIPATED SECOND ALBUM 3EARCHING &OR 4HE (OWS AND 7HYS 3AM $UCKWORTH A K A 'ET #APE 7EAR #APE &LY TREATED A SOLD OUT 7ATERFRONT CROWD TO A MIXTURE OF OLD AND NEW *OINED ONSTAGE BY SAMPLES FROM HIS LAPTOP AND FOUR PIECE BACKING BAND INCLUDING TRUMPETS AND A SAXOPHONE $UCKWORTH OPENED HIS SET WITH 7AITING &OR 4HE -ONSTER 4O $ROWN STORMED THROUGH CROWD PLEASERS !N /AK 4REE AND ) 3PY BEFORE TESTING THE WATER WITH NEW TRACK 7INDOW OF 9OUR -IND AND FORTHCOMING SINGLE &IND 4HE 4IME BOTH RECEIVING RAPTUROUS APPLAUSE (IGHLIGHTS INCLUDED #ALL -E )SHMAEL #HRONICLES 0ART AND SELF TITLED TRACK 'ET#APE7EAR#APE&LY BEFORE AN ENCORE OF ,IGHTHOUSE +EEPER AND #OULD VE 3EEN )T !LL )N A SET THAT PREVIEWED SIX NEW TRACKS FROM HIS FORTHCOMING ALBUM INCLUDING 4HE #HILDREN !RE ;4HE #ONSUMERS OF= 4HE
&UTURE AND +EEP 3INGING /UT IT S CLEAR THAT $UCKWORTH HAS FOUND GREATER DIRECTION WITH HIS SECOND STUDIO ALBUM WITH INTELLIGENT LYRICS OF A POLITICALLY PROVOCATIVE NATURE AND SONGS ABOUT &AIR 4RADE COFFEE !S .ORWICH IS THE &AIR 4RADE CAPITAL OF THE 5+ THESE TRACKS WENT DOWN A STORM 4HE FOLLOW UP TO HIS DEBUT ALBUM #HRONICLES OF A "OHEMIAN 4EENAGER SEES $UCKWORTH COLABORATE WITH PRODUCER AND PIONEER OF THE WORLD MUSIC SCENE .ITIN 3AWHNEY 3AWHNEY S INmUENCES ARE APPARENT IN $UCKWORTH S NEW MATERIAL WHICH USES !SIAN AND WORLD SAMPLES FOR BACKING AND COMPLEX RHYTHMS THAT AREN T FOUND ON HIS DEBUT #ONSIDERING THE BRILLIANCE OF LIVE SONGS SUCH AS #HILDREN !RE 4HE &UTURE AND 4HIS #OULD "E !LL $UCKWORTH IS BOUND TO SHARE THE SAME SUCCESS AS HIS DEBUT IN 3EARCHING &OR 4HE (OWS AND 7HYS &REDDIE !LLEN
4HERE WERE RELATIVELY FEW MOURNERS WHEN DANCE MUSIC WAS KICKED INTO TOUCH WITH THE ONSET OF THE NEW MILLENNIUM 9ET AS WE RAPIDLY AP PROACH A NEW DECADE IT SEEMS AS IF THE DECEASED GENRE MAY BE REAWAKENING *UST LOOK AT THE PAST TWELVE MONTHS FOR THE EVIDENCE WITH NU RAVE BOYS 4HE +LAXONS SNATCHING THE -ERCURY PRIZE THE HUGE CRITICAL ACCLAIM OF ,#$ 3OUNDSYSTEM S 3OUND OF 3ILVER ALBUM AND THE CULT SUCCESS OF SINGLES INCLUDING *USTICE S $ ! . # % 4HE lRST ACT ON TONIGHT IS THE !MERICAN -AT THEW $EAR YET TO MAKE A NAME FOR HIMSELF ON THESE SHORES (E AND HIS BAND ENTER THE STAGE DRESSED HEAD TO FOOT IN BLACK AND PROCEED TO MAKE A NOISE LIKE 4HE 2APTURE HAVING A RAVE WITH *OY $IVISION INSIDE A "ERLIN BUNKER 4HE UNSUSPECTING AUDIENCE LAP IT UP AND IT IS CLEAR THAT HERE IS A KEY NAME TO LOOK OUT FOR IN THE NEAR FUTURE (ALF AN HOUR AND HE HAS GONE BUT HOPEFULLY HE WILL RETURN SOON 9ET IT IS NOTHING COMPARED TO THE FEVERISH ANTICIPATION AWAITING (OT #HIP BASICALLY FOUR NOBODIES ARGUABLY MAKING THE MOST EXCITING AND CRUCIAL MUSIC THIS SIDE OF THE !TLANTIC 3HAKE ! &IST "OY &ROM 3CHOOL AND (OLD /N ARE lRST ON THE SET LIST PLAYED TOGETHER WITHOUT A PAUSE FOR BREATH LIKE SOME KIND OF BRILLIANTLY WARPED ELEC TRO SERMON AND EVERYBODY IS BELIEVING &OUR SONGS IN AND THE DRUM MACHINE BREAKS DOWN LEAVING TO THE CROWD BEING TREATED TO A QUASI ACOUSTIC VERSION OF 4HE 7ARNING WHICH LOSES NOTHING FROM THE ORIGINAL /VER AND /VER IS THE PERFECT SOUNDTRACK TO AN ALL NIGHTER IN 4HETFORD
&OREST AS NEW TRACKS INCLUDING 7RESTLERS AND THE STUNNING /NE 0URE 4HOUGHT BECOME INSTANT FAN FAVOURITES (OT #HIP NEED NOT SAY ANYTHING WHEN THEIR ON STAGE BUT WHEN THEY OCCASIONALLY DO IT IS GENUINELY HUMOROUS BANTER RATHER THAN THE MEANINGLESS DRIVEL SO MANY OTHER GROUPS WILL SPEW OUT AND NOTHING DETRACTS FROM THE SPECTACLE IN HAND 4HIS IS A GROUP WHO SEEM TO HAVE THE ABILITY TO MAKE A SONG TWICE AS LONG AND STILL MAKE IT SOUND AMAZING 4HEY PLAY THE .EW /RDER ESQUE .O &IT 3TATE AT THE END BEFORE THEY GO OFF AND AWAIT THE DESPERATE CHEERS BEG GING THEM TO COME BACK /N RETURN HOWEVER THEY LAUNCH INTO WHAT ELSE BUT THEIR CURRENT CHART SMASHING SINGLE 2EADY &OR 4HE &LOOR AND ONCE AGAIN THE ,#2 IS A SEA OF BOUNCING BODIES !NYONE WHO WAS THERE WILL APPRECIATE HOW IMPORTANT THIS BAND ARE AND IF YOU MISSED IT DON T MAKE THE SAME MIS TAKE TWICE $ANCE MUSIC IS BACK BIGGER AND FAR BETTER THAN EVER BEFORE -ICHAEL "LUNT
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