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SSR 113LP
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First pressing of 500 copies on red vinyl with 16-page newspaper insert and additional postcards. Neutrals return after five years with album number two, a co-release between Static Shock Records and Slumberland. New Town Dream is thirteen songs of innocence, intensity and observations of everyday life. It's like a Mike Leigh film lyrically -- seeing the world through the eyes of normal people but with music that leans heavily on the TV Personalities, The Times, The Wedding Present, and the Jam. The rhythm section is the perfect foil for the spikey and clean guitar work but it's always the tune that is king with Neutrals. One listen and you are transported into the world of travel agents, bus conductors, kebabs and substitute teachers.
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SSR 087EP
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Neutrals return with a stunning new four-track EP on Static Shock Records, after an album on Emotional Response in 2019 and two 7"s on Slumberland and Domestic Departure in 2020. Each song on this EP is a golden nugget of DIY indie pop with clean and jagged guitar work, tunes at every corner and a joyous naivety. Go straight to "Gary Borthwick Says" -- a song about a full-time bullshitter with lyrics akin to I, Ludicrous's Preposterous Tales with music which has the charm of prime The Television Personalities and The Times. "New Town Dream" is another gem and if it had come out in 1979 as an obscure DIY/post punk 7", the kids would be paying £200 for it. Honestly, it's love at first listen and pure infatuation after repeated plays. This EP will not leave you turntable. The 7" is limited to 550 copies on blue vinyl and housed in wraparound sleeve.
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