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At The Barrier

Live music, reviews and opinion / Est. 2018

Red Spektor – Heart Of The Renewed Sun: Album Review

By Mike Ainscoe on 30th September 2020 • ( Leave a comment )

Red Spektor go to the Heart Of The Renewed Sun on their new album. A trip that involves an overload of fizzing heavy blues rock.

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Anathema – An appreciation

By At The Barrier on 29th September 2020 • ( Leave a comment )

Anathema go on ‘indefinite hiatus’. We pay our respects.

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Pink Floyd In The 1970’s – Georg Purvis: Book Review

By Mike Ainscoe on 29th September 2020 • ( 1 Comment )

Georg Purvis takes an overview of the classic period of Pink Floyd in the 1970s.

Sunbane – Crooked Timber: Album Review

By Daniel Crompton on 28th September 2020 • ( Leave a comment )

Sunbane give us an album rich in quality and production. Another winner of an album from the brilliant Disintegration State.

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Michael J Sheehy – Distance Is The Soul Of Beauty: Album Review

By Mike Ainscoe on 28th September 2020 • ( Leave a comment )

Michael J Sheehy is known to us. For anyone else used to the exciting blues uzi grooves of Miraculous Mule, prepare for a different experience.

Brett Campbell of Pallbearer: Interview

By Dominic Walsh on 27th September 2020 • ( Leave a comment )

Pallbearer are set to release their fourth album, Forgotten Days. We got the chance to speak to singer/guitarist, Brett Campbell, about the new LP.

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Gazpacho – Fireworker: Album Review

By Howard King on 26th September 2020 • ( Leave a comment )

Gazpacho’s doyen is ethereal, analytical and powerful music. In Fireworker they’ve released another forceful, vigorous and compelling new album.

Fleet Foxes – Shore: Album Review

By John Barlass on 25th September 2020 • ( Leave a comment )

Fleet Foxes catch us all off guard with the surprise release of their new album, Shore. The album is a celebration of life amongst plague and chaos.

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IDLES – Ultra Mono: Album Review

By Jon Kean on 25th September 2020 • ( Leave a comment )

IDLES follow up their rapturously received Joy As An Act Of Resistance with Ultra Mono. How does it fare?

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Mean Mary – Alone: Album Review

By John Barlass on 24th September 2020 • ( Leave a comment )

Alone by Mean Mary. Ten concise songs – all beautifully imagined and expertly executed.

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The Ocean – Phanerozoic II, Mesozoic / Cenozoic: Album Review

By Mike Ainscoe on 23rd September 2020 • ( Leave a comment )

New meisterwork from The Ocean. We’re told it’s “more progressive and perverse” which suits us. Does it live up to the promise?

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Jimmy Regal And The Royals – Late Night Chicken: Album Review

By Mike Ainscoe on 23rd September 2020 • ( Leave a comment )

Late Night Chicken, you can’t turn it down. The new album of fizzing blues rock from Jimmy Regal And The Royals.

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Jon Gomm – The Faintest Idea: new album + video

By At The Barrier on 23rd September 2020 • ( Leave a comment )

UK based acoustic guitar virtuoso Jon Gomm releases a new album The Faintest Idea on Kscope on 16th October 2020 .

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Zoe Graham – Gradual Move: EP Review

By Howard King on 22nd September 2020 • ( Leave a comment )

Glasgow-based songwriter Zoe Graham announces her arrival as one of the UK’s most exciting new artists with her forthcoming EP Gradual Move.

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O’Hooley & Tidow – Live At St George’s: Album Review

By Mike Ainscoe on 22nd September 2020 • ( Leave a comment )

O’Hooley & Tidow live. Steinways and shopping bags. From the grand and powerful to the mischievous. It’s all here.

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