Hey, remember a band called the Smashing Pumpkins? Yeah, me too. And, man, wasn’t Siamese Dream awesome, with its massive guitar sound? Yeah, that’s a great album. And wouldn’t it be great if a band today tried to follow the same formula for success, but without the magic that made...
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It took me a surprisingly long time to twig that Yppah is the word ‘happy’ spelt backwards. Once it clicked, however, it certainly seemed appropriate. They Know What Ghost Know is full of blissful, euphoric music. Whereas some electronica can feel a little cold and impersonal at times, this album...
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Legends Of Music: try to stick to your day jobs, pleads Laurence Crook.
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Why listen to only ONE album when you can listen to LOADS of singles, says Laurence Crook. Sort of...
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Jeremy Warmsley isn’t an easy man to pigeonhole. ‘Lose My Cool’, the opener and debut single from How We Became, opens with a piano playing over a simplistic drumline, before synthesisers come in. Jeremy’s voice itself is a bit like the song itself – jumpy, not happy to stay still...
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