The bard celebrates two other fine practitioners of the art, and laments a lost brewer
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Album reviews with Michal Boncza: October 14
New releases from Berries, Pet Needs and Motihari Brigade
This right-wing conspiracy theory is used to justify the coercive measures against gender, race and labour rights that best serve capitalism, attests GAVIN O’TOOLE
KENNY MONROSE recommends a new exhibition that highlights the significance of Black British music
ANGUS REID is bowled over by an exuberant film about the making of Keith Jarrett’s legendary concert
MARIA DUARTE, FIONA O’CONNOR and ANDY HEDGECOCK review Savage House, Enzo, Madfabulous, and Erupcja
CHRIS SEARLE recommends a work of love and deep admiration for a great musician
Berries
How We Function
Xtra Mile Recordings
★★★★★
THE trio’s highly intelligent and committed lyrics are delivered with captivating vocal harmonies and their inventive melodies and rhythmic patterns rejuvenate and reinvigorate the rock idiom. All three are superb instrumentalists.
Four years in the making, the album addresses mental health issues.
“It is about recognising the dark times and how you get over that,” they intimate adding with unexpected sincerity: “We’ve got over a lot of mental health struggles … [and] wanted to have an empowering vibe to it as well … and we can talk more about this stuff.”
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