ANDY HEDGECOCK, MARIA DUARTE and ANGUS REID review Synthetic Sincerity, Our Hero, Balthazar, Heartstopper Forever, and A Year In London
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KEITH RICHMOND relishes a superbly conceived modern version of Aeschylus’ drama of murderous family succession
MICHAL BONCZA recommends a minimalist installation that prompts intriguing connotations
FIONA O’CONNOR questions the achievement of this year’s Orwell prize winner for political fiction
LEO BOIX reviews two powerful Latin American novels in which myth and crime fiction expose the deadly consequences of patriarchy, clandestine abortion and state violence
New releases from Laura Veirs, The Waterboys, and Yard Act
Ron's rages are sincere and — according to his wife — healthily cathartic. But can these splenetic outbursts loosen the grip of capitalism at its most monstrous?
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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