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Things We Didn’t Know A Month Ago: November 2022

Keith Goldhanger has spent November 2022 trawling through new releases whilst also catching up with one or two new acts that have previously managed to escape his attention. November 2022 and Football’s coming Home(ophobic). One of us sat down for days (an hour) this month trawling through the mess of football related tunes made available […]

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Things We Didn’t Know A Month Ago: November 2022Keith Goldhanger has spent November 2022 trawling through new releases whilst also catching up with one or two new acts that have previously managed to escape his attention.

November 2022 and Football’s coming Home(ophobic).

One of us sat down for days (an hour) this month trawling through the mess of football related tunes made available this month and ENGINE from Leeds won the battle of World Cup football related tunes. Bloods Got The World In Motion is a song reflecting corruption, oppression and human suffering with a catchy refrain reminding us that it may not be coming home. At the time of writing Football’s still got its suitcase on the bed and can’t make up it’s mind whether it’ll be welcomed back seeing as though football 2022 seems to be sound tracked by Freed by Desire, half and half scarves and crowds that have lost the will to celebrate goals any more.

 

Away from the not so beautiful game anymore and one of us has been paying attention again to Denmark’s LOWLY who have a new album (due out in the new year on Bella Union) and have recently provided us with a couple of tunes in preparation to this. You Are Good And I Love You was the tune that raised the eyebrows and pricked the ears up this month. Back in that golden year of 2014 the band released what is still the closest any band have got to sounding like the Swedish pop quartet known to our parents as Abba (Daydreamers). This new tune is a gloriously odd, beautiful foot taping electronic tune that brings at least one of us back on track with the bands activities after they were briefly put to one side after finding further releases difficult to swallow in one go. Lowly do make difficult and challenging music but every now and then their name will be attached to something one will find themselves struggling to put down. This is fabulous and needs hearing.

If last month’s selection of new stuff contained the odd band or two that we caught during Cardiff’s Sŵn Festival there are still more names from Cardiff that have caught the attention. CONNIE CONSTANCE was a name recommended to us before heading west however we didn’t have the pleasure of being entertained by singer from Watford that weekend due to so much else to choose from across the city. Red Flag, the final track on her recently released album Miss Power is the standout track on this. It’s an epic piece of music that builds slowly and gently before exploding like no other tune all year has. We’d all watch Britain’s Got Talent if stuff like this was on it and deserves four minutes of anyone’s time.
POZI, who sometimes one of us thinks could be Sleaford Mods backing band if Andrew Fearn ever decided to take a rest are back with another winner (here). ITALIA 90 have reached the part they reached when another visit was paid to see them live last month with their new track from a forthcoming eagerly awaited album (here). LE JUNK has another beauty available (here) …… sometimes these things get omitted because they don’t feel as new anymore. In a nutshell we hope you’re keeping up and getting these heard yourselves without the prompting (but just in case……)

 

PAUL THOMAS SAUNDERS is another example. He was mentioned 8 years ago after a few small gigs and fabulous debut album. Then he went away to become a RNLI lifeboat member and a paramedic before getting a second and equally gorgeous album released (Figure In A Landscape)His performance at John Kennedy’s (Radio X, Xposure….I don’t mention this show enough) Remedy night recently was a very special experience and the new album is one to go to bed to. (Hear his recent tune here)

 

SCOTT LEVENE‘s gig at Paper Dress Vintage (East London) a year or so ago was also a night to remember and now after a few more shows around the country he’s back with Prettiest Peaces (Here). Brilliant stuff yet again from the man from Essex.

Whilst many of us are still up in the air about Glastonbury next year it was pleasing to be reminded of one of 2022’s personal highlights during the long week in Somerset. ENJOYABLE LISTENS in the West Holts bar Thursday night was a treat to behold for anyone who caught the show . This is his latest. Catch these live if you can and witness a great entertaining experience.

Finally, filed under ‘Where the fuck did this come from’ this track by MERYL STREEK is probably the angriest and scariest tune around at the moment. It starts like Joy Division until the voice arrives to take you somewhere you didn’t realise you were going. The journey this chap’s music takes you on is a sad but enlightening one. There’s an album of tunes (796 on Venn records) recently released that has loads of great swearing in appropriate places across the dozen superb tracks that you need to hear. It’s as exciting as Bob Vylan and as gripping as Sleaford Mods when we first began to get our heads around the idea of a bloke shouting politically charged grievances over a very agreeable soundtrack.

Death to the Landlord is a decent place to start. Other subject matter in this Irishman’s repertoire includes the Catholic church, suicide, crime, missing children…it’s hard hitting, it’s well executed, and one feels this is made by an individual who may have experienced these subjects at closer quarters than you or I may have. 

Keep an eye out for some shows over the next few months and join at least one of us in the queue.  

Next years thing all sorted before Christmas then  xx

Here’s Novembers playlist.

Words by Keith Goldhanger. More writing by Keith on Louder Than War can be found at his author’s archive. You can also find Keith on Facebook and Twitter (@HIDEOUSWHEELINV).

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