Protomartyr - Relatives In DescentAnxiety about the precarious nature of reality is a recurring thread on Protomartyr's 4th full length and Domino debut, Relatives In Descent. Though not a concept album, it presents twelve variations on a theme: the unknowable nature of truth, and the existential dread that often accompanies that unknowing. It's no coincidence this missive comes to us at a moment when disinformation and garbled newspeak have become a daily reality. I used to think

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Legendary Liverpool band Echo and the Bunnymen release their 12th studio album and first since 2009

My Troubled Heart

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"No Sleep Till Brooklyn"

the quality of the tracks and the energy we had

the three friends have been creating hugely impactful rock music since forming when they were still at school

while the rhythms were possibly built at Perry's Ark and maybe Gibbs studio

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Life gave you a surprise - a missing peace - now GO with it

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