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Just Step Sideways : Gelli Haha- Klouds Will Carry Me to Sleep

Spring always makes me listen to hyperpop or bubblegum. Gelli Haha fuses both together. It’s absurdist, neon bright music that’s psychedelic and pure disco, as if Superorganism and Tom Tom Club had got together and eaten too many E numbers (ahem!) in a fever dream. It’s fabulous, melodic and febrile. Angel Abaya’s voice is justContinue reading “Just Step Sideways : Gelli Haha- Klouds Will Carry Me to Sleep”

Album Review: All The Young Droids: Junkshop Synth Pop

Philip King’s compilation of late-seventies – mid-eighties synth pop has a similar, if less political, approach as Adam Curtis: find leftfield, obscure tracks and highlight them, creating a sideways look at pop culture. As the title suggests, there is a DIY, deliberately un-glossy attitude to much of the music on offer. Frankie Goes To HollywoodContinue reading “Album Review: All The Young Droids: Junkshop Synth Pop”