Zammuto - AchorFollowing the dissolution of his groundbreaking collage pop duo, the Books, Zammuto rebounded with an eponymous debut album submerged in transitional anxiety and audio effects designed to intentionally obscure the very humanistic qualities that marked Nick Zammuto's best work in the Books. It was in many ways the most essential album of his career, in that it established his post Books path and introduced him to a new group of musicians (most notably

Both of us have grown so much as writers and musicians since our first band together (Red Host)

and his mid-'60s recordings for Clement "Coxsone" Dodd's Studio One label were and are among the genre's most coveted sides

Pinks and Purples’ musical template

full of soft-spoken phrases and light guitar play that belie the power of the music it provides

Its a wunderkammer of an album crammed with original ideas

‰ÛÏMagazine‰۝ (an upbeat number written from the perspective of a bullet in the barrel of a gun) and ‰ÛÏYou‰۪ll See‰۝ (about how when you die you‰۪ll see everyone you know

a pinch of the snappy soul strut of Booker T

Working in Nashville with session men and a few conscripted recruits (Al Kooper

David Gedge says:“As the summer of 2020 wore on it became increasingly obvious that At The Edge Of The Sea – my annual festival in Brighton – was sadly going the way of other live music events

Pablo’s playing producing a sound that was melodic

when I was a kid

Try it with the boom bap tapenade