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Kenneth McMurtrie

Kenneth McMurtrie

White Lies - Ritual

Duran Duran are back on form with the best album they've released in years. At least from the opening bars of White Lies' 'Is Love' you would be forgiven for thinking that, as it readily brings to mind Le Bon & Co. circa A View To A Kill. This is no bad thing. Whilst on the whole Ritual is a tad less anthemic than one might expect and the bass is further back in the production than previously, the overall pace remains the same (other than on 'Peace & Quiet' and final track 'Come Down') and should keep the festival crowds happy throughout the Summer to come.

Yusuf Azak - Turn On The Long Wire

Much has been made elsewhere of Yusuf Azak's slightly wheezing vocal delivery, but anyone familiar with the work of Nick Drake is well catered for here and the singing sounds more "normal" than a lot of the autotuned trash that's on the market today. Song number two on his new record Turn on the Long Wire, 'Time To Kill', actually brings to mind Ian Brown (albeit if he suddenly went all folky).

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