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QUOTES “”one of the hottest new rock bands right now” BBC Radio 1 Rock Show “Anchor Lane are a vibe and it’s so good” BBC Music Introducing Rock, Radio 1 “the headbang is irresistible listening to this band!”

BBC Music Introducing Scotland “exudes bags of confidence and boasts some impressive intelligent song writing” Classic Rock Magazine “Ballsy Scottish rockers Anchor Lane stir things up, each song adds a little extra spice” Planet Rock Magazine “Anchor Lane are a genuinely interesting force to be reckoned with” Planet Rock Radio “very impressive stuff…a great Glasgow band” BBC Radio Scotland “Chock full of tasty tunes, one of the most consistent and impressive albums in a while” The Rockpit “Anchor Lane left the crowd wanting more!”

Music News Monthly “Anchor Lane played with power, aggression and a passion for their craft that I haven’t seen at a gig for many years” Rockfiend Publications “a band that could get a funeral service up and moving, it’s infectious and impossible not to enjoy these guys” Bristol Gig Guide “they go down a storm, you couldn’t resist them even if you tried” Maximum Volume Music “One of the hottest and hardest working new bands to come from Scotland” Blackpool Social Club “I call this a masterpiece and should be used as a measure of the music yet to be created” Cyderbaby “’Call This a Reality?’ is a high octane, full blooded, coming of age” MoshMag “from start to finish, has been a relentless display of dark-centred modern rock and in-your-face Glaswegian grit” Total Ntertainment

INFORMATION Anchor Lane, who cite a wide range of influences including Nothing but Thieves, Royal Blood, Biffy Clyro, Queens of the Stone Age, Muse and Foo Fighters are undoubtedly one of the most exciting bands to come out of Scotland in recent years.

The recent release of their new album Call This a Reality? garnered top reviews and airplay from the likes of Jack Saunders, Daniel P. Carter & Alyx Holcombe at BBC Radio 1, BBC Introducing and Planet Rock etc. The album entered the Top Ten Official UK Rock Albums Chart upon release, scoring the band back-to-back Top Ten placements as their debut album Casino did likewise. Notably in the Official UK album charts, Call This a Reality? also placed at #3 in the Record Store chart, #9 in the Scottish chart and #21 in the Independent chart.

Anchor Lane have built a reputation as a thrilling and dynamic live act through several successful headline UK tours and appearances at numerous prominent music festivals such as Download, Isle of Wight, Belladrum and Reading & Leeds. The band have also played notable guest spots with artists like Eagles of Death Metal, Tremonti & Skindred. Looking forward, Anchor Lane will embark on their own headline dates across the UK this forthcoming summer, including a highly anticipated show in the iconic King Tuts Wah Wah Hut in Glasgow.

At these links, you can see the videos for the singles: ‘Stutter’ / ‘I Don’t Have Another Soul To Pore’

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2023 saw the release of the second Anchor Lane album ‘Call This A Reality?’.

Garnering an abundant number of glowing reviews, the album immediately entered the Top Ten Official UK Rock Albums Chart, scoring the band back-to-back Top Ten placements as their debut album ‘Casino’ did likewise. Notably in the Official UK album charts, ‘Call This A Reality?’ was #3 in the Record Store chart, #9 in the Scottish chart and #21 in the Independent chart. The album is currently available on all major streaming and download platforms, CD and limited edition 12” splatter effect vinyl.

Anchor Lane look forward to releasing new music throughout 2024.

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CHART POSITIONS

AIRPLAY BBC RADIO 1 ROCK SHOW WITH DANIEL P. CARTER

BBC RADIO 1 INDIE SHOW WITH JACK SAUNDERS

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ALBUM PRESS & LIVE REVIEWS

Anchor Lane, a three piece rock band from Glasgow, have been touring the UK in support of their brand new album, 'Call This A Reality?'. On Saturday, February 4th, it was Newcastle's turn to get an earful of the album live and in person.

On a cold Saturday night, in a seemingly empty business park on the outskirts of Newcastle, something was brewing. Turns out a lot of beer was brewing as well as an eclectic mix of indie and rock music as Anarchy Brewery played host to Anchor Lane on their UK tour.

The band was due to play at a different venue but had to make a last minute change due to unforeseen issues. Squeezing the band in to perform before Dean Parker, who was headlining that night, all involved helped ensure that the Geordie Anchor Lane fans didn't miss out on their dose of hard hitting rock.

Taking to the stage a few minutes after Bristol band Adult Leisure who put on a great show, Anchor Lane frontman Connor greeted the crowd with "Newcastle, what's happening?' before kicking off the shortened set with 'Stutter' which lifted the tempo of the night.

Despite the change of venue and having to slot themselves into someone else's gig, there was little doubt that this was 100% an Anchor Lane show, and the lads were there to rock out.

Connor, sporting his Scotland rugby shirt and bright red Mohawk, was full of energy and filled the entire stage with his dancing. 'Call This a Reality?', their album's namesake, was amazing live, and just as you would expect from a band like Anchor Lane, the energy levels were kept high as they belted out' I've Been Waiting ' after thanking Dean and the venue.

With the band's party track 'The Mischievous Song', getting the crowd moving there was no sign of the band tiring as they rocked out. The Glaswegian rockers may have only had around half an hour, but they crammed so much into that short time. With Lawrence giving a stellar performance on the guitar and Graeme grinning from ear to ear as he bashed the living hell out of the drums, Newcastle were treated to a show that was definitely memorable for all the right reasons. Just seven tracks, but boy oh, boy oh, boy did they rock the ruddy socks of Anarchy Brewery!

Topping off the night with 'I Don't Have Another Soul to Pour', Anchor Lane left the crowd wanting more.

Hopefully, Newcastle won't have to wait too long before the lads return to the city. Get your mitts on a copy of ' Call This a Reality?' which has already made an impact on the Official Charts. Visit www.anchorlanemusic.com for details.

Scotland's Anchor Lane release their sophomore album “Call This A Reality” REVIEWS, NEW RELEASE Glasgow rock band Anchor Lane have announced a massive new UK headline tour for February 2023 in support of their forthcoming album release “Call This A Reality?” including a previously announced headline show at Glasgow’s Garage 2 on the 28th January 2023, giving fans the opportunity to celebrate the album’s release with the band.

Conor, Lawrence and Graeme spent the past couple of years writing and recording the new material in Glasgow with producer Bruce Rintoul (Twin Atlantic, Fatherson, Vukovi). The resulting sound of the band’s sophomore album can only be described as rock - with hints of metal, classic rock and more, but all with an underlying groove and is a sum of their bands influences including the likes of Nothing But Thieves, Royal Blood, Don Broco, Bring Me The Horizon and Band of Skulls.

Hard to believe it’s over two years since their debut album “Casino” landed, but they haven’t relaxed since then, with some excellent festival appearances which have received rave reviews and supporting slots with the likes of Eagles of Death Metal and Cheap Trick..

“Call This a Reality?” is a great second album from Anchor Lane. For fans of the first album, it continues where it left off, but introduces some new elements along the way.

Nothing too drfamatic to upset the die hard fans, but enough to take the album to a new level. It’s powerful and intense and ends on a high. We loved it and we’re looking forward to seeing the tracks translate to the live environment.

A whopping, and well deserved 9.5 from LiveWire

Album Name: Call This a Reality?

Artist: Anchor Lane Released: January 2023 Rating: 8.5/10 On the 27th of January Glasgow rock band Anchor Lane released their full-length album 'Call This a Reality?' as well as recently announcing a headline UK tour for February to support the release.

The Glasgow three-piece made up of Conor, Lawrence and Graeme have been continually building a following starting prior to their 2020 release 'Casino', thanks to their relentless gigging schedule. Anchor Lane have already achieved things like their last album going straight to no. 9 on the Official UK Rock Charts marking the band's first Top 10. The Glasgow outfit have also had the opportunity to play festivals such as, Download, Isle of Wight, Stone Free, Belladrum and more. These guys are grabbing people's attention for all the right reasons.

Anchor Lane have spent the last couple of years writing and recording in Glasgow with producer Bruce Rintoul, as well as using time during the pandemic to connect with fans via live streams after the release of previous album 'Casino'.

Newest release 'Call This a Reality?' I think shows how the band have matured over the last couple of years and really grown into their sound. Songs on the album such as 'I've Been Waiting' and 'I Don't Have Another Soul to Pour' I think are very true to Anchor Lane's sound. 'Choke' also reminds me a lot of earlier releases from the band but besides this there's a lot on here that feels very new and at times unexpected.

It's almost impossible for me to pick favourites from this 12-track but there are five tracks I've managed to narrow down as ones I cannot get enough of.

I'm going to start with second track on 'Call This a Reality?', 'Ministry', this song was the first one I ever heard from Anchor Lane when I saw them play it live opening for Skindred in 2021, I think because of this 'Ministry' will always be a special song to me. Recorded this track has this anthemic sounding chorus that really stands out and could get easily stuck in your head. The track is punchy and catchy and all round a very good song.

Two that are definitely more upbeat and dance-worthy on the album are title track 'Call This a Reality?' and 'The Mischievous Song'. These ones are guaranteed to make everyone want to get up on the dancefloor. 'Call This a Reality?' is a very infectious track that's punchy and has a little bit of a grungy edge to it. Whereas 'The Mischievous Song' is straight up fun, it's groovy and easy to sing along with and comes complete with guitar work that shows off the talents of the Anchor Lane guitarist.

The last song I'm going to mention before I get carried away and ramble about how much I like all of them is 'Sychophant Disorder'. This one follows on from an emotional interlude 'The Static' and comes in hard. This is by far my favourite riff on 'Call This a Reality?', it's dark and aggressive delivering a different tone than the rest of the album. From the get-go you get a sense of anger from this track, and it just grows into this huge feeling piece that literally had me getting goosebumps. This is a song I found I could easily get lost in and I know I said earlier I couldn't pick a favourite but 'Sychophant Disorder' is really fighting for it.

Overall 'Call This a Reality?' is a standout album for me. Compared to the rest of Anchor Lane's discography this one seems bigger and is pure rock n roll, filled with catchy and heavy riffs that will get stuck in your head matched with infectious vocal melodies and a grunge/alt rock rhythm section. For any modern rock lover Anchor Lane are a band to be checking out, their energy is unmatched.

When Anchor Lane released debut album “Casino” in 2020 I’m not sure they appreciated that they, along with so many other break through acts, were dealt a blow with live music indefinitely postponed and unable to tour, the momentum gained from chart success and rave reviews would have been lost with a less resilient band. Instead, Anchor Lane set to work penning their newest album Call This a Reality?

Now, I’ve never met the band so wouldn’t wish to presume how that made them feel but if Call This a Reality? is anything to go by they were pretty pissed off. The new album has a darker feel to it, the frustration of lock down bubbling away under the surface. The driving beats remain but this time with a grungier edge.

Citing Royal Blood as an obvious influence the new single Stutter is an earlier example of this more aggressive sound. Ministry follows, punctuated by scattered machine gun fire drumming, offering us a taste of how Anchor Lane will build on their growing reputation as a live act worth seeking out. You could make a reasonable case that Anchor Lane’s Ministry was the only Ministry to come out of COVID with any credit.

Call This a Reality, the albums title track, reverts to a heavy dirty bass line and screeching guitar solos.

Nitroglycerin, the albums most explosive (sorry) track is arguably the heaviest of any of the bands work so far. The band credit Bring Me The Horizon as one of their influences, cropping up here, as well as Sycophant Disorder, two songs to look out for when the band tour this February. The pits will be a sight to behold. We take a little 80’s detour for the opening of I’ve Been Waiting, the use of synths to open, lending a touch of Stranger Things to proceeding. Anchor Lane seem a band comfortable moving between the subgenres, a touch of classic rock here, some metal there. The drums at the beginning of Choke feel like a flicker of Joy Division before returning to type.

The Mischievous Song another beautiful example; a more upbeat, dance number with a catchy chorus. It feels like a proper rock club classic, even offering us little window to mosh at the end, before kicking into Electric Karma, a track of similar ilk, full of stop/start rhythm, sharp edges and riffs. Bitter, slows the tempo right down, a slower brooding track featuring heavy drums and feedback. A rainy night break up of a song with a classic 80s rock drum solo. A sound reflected in instrumental The Static, feeling like the opening of a particularly dark film, all atmospheric and eerie.

Call This a Reality is an album of twists and turns, false endings and riffs. Heavy dirty bass lines drive the record forwards resulting in an album that feels ready made for an rock night dance floor or lively front row. Closing with I Don’t Have Another Soul to Pour, Conor Gaffney’s lyrics complain “there’s just too much noise in here”, it’s certainly not an accusation you could level at Anchor Lane’s newest album, I’d say they got it just right.

For us, Call This a Reality? is a high octane, full blooded, coming of age, from Scotland’s newest three-piece!

Published on 6 February 2023 at 14:38 By Craig McInnes

Very rare do we have an album drop this early in the year that will be a certainly to compete for one of, if not album of the year - Glasgow’s Anchor Lane are that band going for that in my eyes and already I have a high love for a record and we’re only in February. This band burst on to the music scene with a huge bang and it shows with every release. I remember being instantly hooked from my very first listen to them being a regular input to my ears - this record will be no different.

This is a relentless record. One that refuses to give you any sort of respite with its raucous, upbeat nature. It's the kind of album that every time you listen to it, you'll have a new favourite song.

Straight from the blocks comes ‘Stutter’, bringing the e every in pure alt-rock fashion. It’s really an infectious singalong track that just has a proper feel that I’ll have any room going and make everyone have a good time. It’s a real strong opener to the record that is certainly maintained throughout. Title track ‘Call This a Reality?’ takes the proper dance vibes title with the bass driving the song into your very core before ‘Choke’ teases a punk-rock intro before launching into a hard rock, riff-driven beast of a song. Quite frankly we have a record here that gives you it all.

Just when you think you have track of the album in choke - ‘Electric Karma’ steps up and takes that title. This has a very 70’s Hendrix vibe to it and really settles into that flick that runs through the record. The vocals have a very punk delivery. ‘Sychophant Disorder’ does exactly what the song suggests really - this is eclectic and a cacophony of sound.

This has a feel that the whole album is trying to portray. Final track and the bands most recent single ‘I Don’t Have Another Soul to Pour’ takes a-lot to get used to on first listen. It has a very strong link to early Funeral For a Friend but also has you questioning is it emo? Is it indie? That’s for you to decide but the track certainly has a fast scratchy opening to it and is a strong finale to a very strong record. This record is certainly a joy to listen to and the way the band are steam rolling through the scene, you’d like to think one day we’ll hear these tracks in the arenas they were made for - why not? This band have the ability to go the whole distance and this record shows they mean business.

CALL THIS A REALITY?: A BOLD NEW STEPFOR ANCHOR LANE! A great, groove-filled riff opens the album and ‘Stutter’. It gives the track an immediate bounce and sets the heavy rock tone of the album perfectly. The vocals are catchy throughout, even in the verses which is always a bit of a struggle. I can hear people singing along to the entire track live, and it’ll be awesome. The Arctic Monkeys/Royal Blood style chorus is a definite highlight of the track, though! The bridge riff is also awesome, giving off heavy Muse vibes. I can see this going OFF live and being a definite crowd favourite. It’s also a favourite of mine as it easily makes our playlist.

The Muse sound continues through ‘Ministry’. It’s another HUGE, stadium-filling chorus, and is almost a ballad. It’s a pretty ballsy move to have a slower song this early on a rock album, but Anchor Lane pull it off to perfection. It’s a simple yet very affective track, and another major highlight of the album. The album’s title track has another fantastic, bouncy riff running through it. This time it’s very Royal Blood in the best of ways. It’s so clean and perfect, you need to stop reading this and listen to it right now.

Honestly, this may be my favourite track on the album and one of my favourite of the year so far. Playlisted.

‘Nitroglycerin’ opens on a heavy guitar riff before dropping back to a more Artic Monkeys style verse and chorus. It’s a damn catchy slower track again, dripping with attitude and swagger. I LOVE the higher vocals on the final chorus, too. It adds another layer to it and sounds awesome. Another fantastic track.

‘I’ve Been Waiting’ is another good track but gives off very similar vibes to the previous track. Meanwhile ‘The Mischievous Song’ has a fun almost indie vibe to it. It’s simpler instrumentally, being more heavily lead by the bass and drums, the guitars being a little scrappier and looser. The chorus is catchy and reminds me of ‘Bohemian Like You’. It’s just a fun track, and a nice change of pace for the album.

The distant vocals were a cool opening for ‘Choke’, making the riff exploding in after into an even big-ger punch to the face. The rest of the track is just a great, straight-up rock song. It’s fast, heavy and yet massively radio friendly. Not much to say about the track, it’s just another fantastic one.

‘Bitter’ is the true ballad of the album, and I love it. It’s slow, moody and builds perfectly throughout. This one reminds me more of Placebo than anything else, but that may just be because ‘bitter end’ is said so much. I also for some reason get BFMV ballad vibes.

Like one of the slower tracks from Gravity or Fever. The brooding, emotional track is another one that I recommend checking out immediately. No matter what I say, I won’t do it justice, it’s so good.

After a brief yet beautiful piano interlude, we get the final two tracks. ‘Sychophant Disorder’ is an-other heavy track that bears surprising resemblance to a metalcore song. From the great riff to the heaviness to the almost djent-like moments, it’s definitely the closest to metal on the album. The lyrics are also fantastic here. They have been throughout the entire album, but it feels somehow even a step beyond with this track. And it’s catchy as hell as always. It actually felt like a better closing track for the album than the actual closer, ‘I Don’t Have Another Soul to Pour’, did. I like the final track, don’t get me wrong, but it’s another track of similar stuff, while ‘Sychophant…’ was something interestingly different.

Overall, this was phenomenal, there isn’t a bad track on the album, and some of them are some of the best tracks I’ve heard in a while. This album is going to catapult the band to the stratosphere, and it is 110% deserved.

The Score: 9.5/10

Anchor Lane – Call This A Reality? Album Review

BY MICHA THOMPSONON12TH FEBRUARY 2023 Anchor Lane return with their new album following up 2020’s Casino.

Release Date: 27th January 2023 Label: R7 Records Call This A Reality? is the brand new album from Anchor Lane. It is the follow up to their previous effort, Casino, which saw the band launch themselves into the top 10 of the rock charts. Due to the global pandemic, the band couldn’t get out and tour in support the album but they are ready to make up for it now.

This Glaswegian modern rock/metal band showcase vocalist Conor Gaffney’s skills to a new level. As one of the lead singles, Stutter opens the album. It is a perfect introduction to the album with a euphonious guitar solo from Lawrence O’Brien that will bless your ears.

Musically, Call This A Reality? is a joy but the lyrics play a great part in the album and the songs are so vivid that it gives an image of being young and care-free.

Lawrence O’Brien again shows he has skills that just keep on giving as we’re treated to more talented guitar solos on the superb Nitro-glycerine. A perfect blend of influence from Royal Blood and Nothing But Thieves, this song illustrates a toxic person; ‘You’re my devil/You’ve punished me all of my life’. An amazing song to scream at the top of your lungs.

It doesn’t stop there as Electric Karma livens the atmosphere. The tempo of this song is perfect to mosh to. Lines in this song also highlight the clear messages behind the song.

“Oh, I need, I need some electric/To make my life a little less hectic/Some people call me eccentric.” These lyrics not only are catchy, but begin to express the emotions that one goes through when feeling anger and wanting revenge.

To conclude this sensational album, Conor, Lawrence and Graeme outdo themselves with the final song I Don’t Have Another Soul to Pour. The song ends quite abruptly, and is a perfect closure to a stunning album. Whether you’re familiar with Anchor Lane or you’re yet to discover the hidden treasure, Call This A Reality? could be destined to be a modern classic.

Anchor Lane will be touring the UK during February to promote the album on their headline tour. Make sure to get along to a show to see for yourself.

Glasgow-based rockers Anchor Lane released their hotly anticipated new album ‘Call This a Reality?’ on Friday 27th February 2023, with early reviews suggesting it was well received by both their ever-growing fanbase and the music press.

Indeed, this writer described it as “a modern, fresh, energetic alternate rock album full of catchy riffs and earworm melodies” in a review for Rockfiend.

Anchor Lane are now a threesome and album credits for ‘Call This a Reality?’ indicated that frontman Conor Gaffney is now purely dedicated to vocals, with the affable Lawrence O’Brien on guitars and Graeme Newbury on drums. The fancylooking lighting stands on the stage and the large banner with the band’s name emblazoned on it at the rear of the stage, along with the excellent selection of merchandise on offer, suggested that they had pulled out all the stops to make this hometown gig a special one.

It was a stomping opening and the fact that much of the audience were singing along to the lyrics in perfect harmony belied the fact that the album had only been released the previous day! It was initially a bit unusual to see Conor Gaffney without a guitar as he strolled, jumped and strutted across the stage with reckless abandon, as if he was born to be a frontman! His new freedom meant he could easily engage the audience but of course, he did strap on the guitar on occasion.

It’s a show itself to watch O’Brien performing; calm and focused on his guitar one minute but literally rocking his whole body violently back and forward like a maniac the next! The motherly side of Mrs Griffiths, standing next to me, was concerned for his neck as his long hair slammed through the air!

Graeme Newbury played the drums powerfully without skipping a beat with a hint of a drum solo at the intro to one of the early songs… but I must confess that I couldn’t see him for the vast majority of the gig due to the lighting and the at times overpowering use of the strobe effect.

‘Blood and Irony’, written along with Black Star Riders/Almighty frontman and Belfast-born, Glasgow-bred Ricky Warwick and a bluesy ‘Stone Cold Hearted’ proved that the debut was still much loved by Anchor Lane’s fans. ‘Fame Shame’ also appeared later in the set and it struck me that the songs are much heavier and have more urgency and power than they appear to have on the debut record.

It was back to the new album with a stunning rendition of ‘I’ve Been Waiting’. The catchy electronic pop sounds were at times drowned out by the loud guitars but it’s clear that this is already held in high esteem by fans and that it will feature on the setlist for the foreseeable future. I predicted in my album review that ‘The Mischievous Song’ would be a live favourite and the way the audience bounced and bopped with huge grins on their faces suggested that I was indeed correct, followed by ‘Choke’ and ‘Electric Karma’, also from the new release.

Leading the band into the final flurry of ‘Sycophant Disorder’ and newly released single “I Don’t Have Another Soul to Pour’.

There was a magnificent moment towards the end of the former, when Gaffney encouraged the audience to crouch down towards the floor before instructing them to jump back to their feet to headbang and pogo as the powerful outro of the song came to life. The fact that the majority of the crowd complied made this quite a sight, affirming that Anchor Lane had their fans in the palm of their hands.

It was clear that we had all just witnessed a very special performance that must be right up there with one of the best concert nights that Sauchiehall Street has hosted in a long time. Anchor Lane played with power, aggression, and a passion for their craft that I haven’t seen at a gig for many years. Whilst their recorded music is enjoyable and melodic, I can’t help but feel that its real purpose is to be heard live, with magic happening when it’s performed onstage. It’s heavier and more powerful in a live setting, played by a band who don’t want to be constrained by a recording studio.

Anchor Lane have spent years building their live reputation, from playing small venues to large festivals. They have paid their dues and put in the hard work and on a cold Saturday night in Glasgow, the stars aligned and it all came together perfectly. This was the type of night they had worked towards and they can only get better as the tour progresses. Buy your ticket now, as on this form, you won’t regret it!

Anchor Lane ‘Call This A Reality?’ Review When you watch a young band ‘Grow’ into a force to be reckoned with, it is very satisfying indeed!

The second album has always been known as the ‘difficult’ one to make, any band will tell you this. You made the first that you’ve toured the death out of, even before it was recorded, your fans can sing the words but you don’t want to re-write the same tunes. Growth and maturity MUST be embraced.

Anchor Lane really have embraced this statement, these guys have gone from being good to outright outstanding!

To explain this simply, the writing of each and every song has come on in leaps and bounds, the guitars sound terrific and the drums are just stunning. The use of modern recording techniques has been embraced and used well on each and every track.

Their overall sound has changed. It’s what I call a more modern Rock sound, in line with what is more popular now. The biggest improvement I feel, is the vocal melodies and harmonies. Each track stands out, has its own unique tone, and is matched by some of the best guitar work I’ve heard in years.

So, would I recommend them to a friend? Oh, Hell yes! Given the chance and enough exposure, this band in its current format could conquer the world. There's nothing on the album I don’t want to hear played live, I’d be happy if they played the album twice in one gig.

Call This A reality? No, I call this a masterpiece and should be used as a measure for the music yet to be created.

Dave Ford, Cyderbaby on HRH Radio

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