Issue Twenty-Nine marks the end 2020 and our first
Staying in the West Country, LICE are about to embark on
year making six magazines for you to read. We hope that
a much awaited debut album via their own label ‘Settled
you’ve enjoyed them and discovered something new.
Law’. The band talk us through mug painting and maybe
On the cover you’ll find Black Country, New Road, one
more seriously, ‘The Intonarumori’. Three new bands
of London’s most highly thought of creative units. The
we are very excited for are Melbourne’s HighSchool,
seven-piece’s experimental nature isn’t exclusive to their
London’s Deadletter and Brighton’s, LIME. We dig up the
music, with the band requesting that fan and founder
foundations and outline why you should be excited too.
of the Facebook fan page ‘Sunglasses Posting’, Lucas
Fat White Family’s Insecure Man, Saul Adamczewski is
Lockeridge lead the discussion. We went with it and sat
preparing to release some solo material. We got wind and
in. The pandemic has had a major effect on bands and
reached out. He kept it short and sweet. Nilufer Yanya is
their release timelines. For some it’s halted creativity
preparing to follow up 2019’s ‘Miss Universe’ with short
and others it’s given them time to hone in on projects.
EP release ‘Feeling Lucky?’. We gave her a call to chat
For PVA it’s been the latter, using this time to play with
creativity, working with your family and bringing back the
Virtual Reality ideas as well as prepare for the release of
guitars. From their bedrooms in London, Legss are taking
their debut EP ‘Toner’. We catch up inside. For Sleaford
some forced time apart and taking in the response to their
Mods you could argue that the handling over Covid-19 has
second EP ‘Doomswayers’. On a video call, we talk about
been a gold mine for Tory government, lyrical ammo. The
the frustrations of the pandemic and determine if the band
duo are preparing to release their sixth album, returning
are responsible for the resignation of Huw Stephens. To
to Rough Trade to unleash ‘Spare Ribs’. We give them a
round off the issue, Shame’s Charlie Steen gets creative
call on Zoom to chat capitalism and the doors of human
with a short story involving a trip to Egypt with Dr. John
perception. Bristol’s Katy J Pearson has released her new
Cooper Clarke, we meet illustrator Ciara Quilty-Harper
album ‘Return’ via Heavenly Recordings. We give Katy a
and Outsiders Division co-creator David Méndez Alonso
call to chat record shops, vintage clothing and shaking off
walks us through the brand.
the trauma of major labels.
3 PVA Talks
32 Sleaford Mods Mork n Mindy
8 Black Country, New Road Science Fair
36 HighSchool New York, Paris and London
13 Ciara Quilty-Harper Illustrator Interview
39 Katy J Pearson Return
18 Nilüfer Yanya Crash
44 Legss Doomswayers
21 LIME Fever
48 LICE Intonarumori
25 Saul Adamczewski Brian
51 DEADLETTER Fit For Work
27 Outsiders Division David Méndez Alonso
55 Charlie Steen An Afternoon in Egypt Opposite, Jan Robert Duennweller
Artists
Josh Whettingsteel
Jan Robert Duennweller Jan Buchczik Chi Park
Joe O’Donnell
Ciara Quilty-Harper Saskia Janssen
Gavin Shepherdson Gabriel Hollington
Editors Sam Ford
Peony Gent
Charlotte Leadley Tatjana Prenzel
Josh Whettingsteel
Chloe Watts
Writers
Kati SzilĂĄgyi
REN
Sam Ford
Cameron JL West
Rhys Buchanan
Charlie Steen
Matt Bisgrove
Cover Photos
Harley Cassidy
Josh Whettingsteel Dan Pare
Sammy Clarke
Sarah Cliff
Bart Price
Pheobe Scott
Photos for Collage
Emma Flynn
Will Reid
Al Mills
Rowan Allen
Charlie Steen
Julia Nala
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Lewis Khan
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