Over at Ban Ban Ton Ton, Dr Rob invited me to review some new releases. This pair of releases have become part of my September listening, both highly recommended. There's daily posts at Ban ban Ton Ton by Dr. Rob and a cast of contributors, music and words that are always worth checking in on.
Manchester trio Sonnenspot came together after times spent playing in various Mancunian related line ups and records- Alfie, Badly Drawn Boy's Hour Of The Bewilder Beast album, Jane Weaver's band and Mother Sky all feature as do the current Rainy Heart team who are doing some really good events around the city. Sonnenspot's debut album is out on Jason Boardman's Before I Die and so is automatically of interest and is in part a tribute to the sounds of Michael Rother and Klaus Dinger, Kraftwerk, Manuel Gottsching and other 70s cosmicshe bands as well as some 90s influences.
My review is here and the album can be listened to at Bandcamp here. This is an edited, shorter version of the song at the album's core, Motorway.
Before that I took on the latest EP by Warmduscher, a song that didn't make their last album (2024's Too Cold To Hold) because it didn't fit and needed a release of its own- Yakuza. Warmduscher formed to play at a house party in 2014 and have close connections with some other top class London post- punk/ electronic punk/ sleaze- techno bands including Fat White Family, Paranoid London and Decius.
Yakuza is a Spaghetti Western theme crossed with Tom Waits and Big Audio Dynamite, a rollercoaster ride, a blur of action on the big screen. There are two remixes on the EP, one by Sworn Virgins and the other by David Holmes. Holmes doesn't hold back with his remix, turning everything up as far as it will go. My review is here.
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Thanks Adam for introducing me to Sonnenspot a great album I will get as soon as possible.
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