Between Clipping and Richard Dawson it's a great time on my journeys to and from work and Uni.

Dawson's 2020 is brilliant - heartfelt look at modern Britain, covering all sorts of topics from flooding, working as a phone counsellor, working at an Amazon fulfilment centre, racism, parochial bollocks, playing football as a kid, and jogging to help with anxiety. His lyrics are really animated and candid, and the music is just all over the place, sort of neo-folk mixed with arena synth pop trappings, 

I love it. 

Polar opposite of Clipping which is a towering monstrosity of horror tinged rap.

Tempy wrote:

Between Clipping and Richard Dawson it's a great time on my journeys to and from work and Uni. Dawson's 2020 is brilliant - heartfelt look at modern Britain, covering all sorts of topics from flooding, working as a phone counsellor, working at an Amazon fulfilment centre, racism, parochial bollocks, playing football as a kid, and jogging to help with anxiety. His lyrics are really animated and candid, and the music is just all over the place, sort of neo-folk mixed with arena synth pop trappings,  I love it.  Polar opposite of Clipping which is a towering monstrosity of horror tinged rap.

You won't be surprised to hear that I'm also loving the new Richard Dawson record. Musically it's mainly as jagged and awkward as ever, although the palette's a bit wider - and he comes perilously close to good old fashioned hooks in places.  Still, it never quite lets you settle in, forcing you to sit up and listen to what's going on.

I know it sounds really trite, but the thing that most struck me is how utterly humane the record is. Even in its darkest moments, the characters described are utterly human and depressingly relatable. It's both a perfect representation of the current moment, and surprisingly hopeful at the same time.

Yeah I thought you’d be a fan! I wonder if neofolk is really just a keyword for “actually had a tough job” these days, because one of the key things that he gets through in this record is an empathy that other writers just struggle to exist. If Merrie Land was a theatrical eulogy to a Britain observed to have changed when viewed by a touring musician on the road, 2020 is an honest and exhausting attempt to understand the way people actually feel.

I really liked Merrie Land, but that was largely due to how detached it felt. Very much a sad memory, vs a lived truth.

Tempy wrote:

Yeah I thought you’d be a fan! I wonder if neofolk is really just a keyword for “actually had a tough job” these days, because one of the key things that he gets through in this record is an empathy that other writers just struggle to exist. If Merrie Land was a theatrical eulogy to a Britain observed to have changed when viewed by a touring musician on the road, 2020 is an honest and exhausting attempt to understand the way people actually feel. I really liked Merrie Land, but that was largely due to how detached it felt. Very much a sad memory, vs a lived truth.

Yeah, Merrie Land (which I also liked a fair bit) felt quite theatrical and nostalgic, whereas this feels more immediate and real. 

I guess you've already heard his previous album, Peasant, but if not it's worth tracking down as it's every bit as good in my mind - though its examination of "now" is somewhat obscured by the decision to do so through the prism of medieval England.  (At odds with Merrie Land's sadness for what we've lost, Peasant is a timely reminder of how little has changed, both good and bad.)

If I’m going to come out of the dark ages and stop buying cds and stream music which is the best service?

Apple are offering me 90 days free

I’ve let amazon prime lapse but generally I prefer their stuff to apple

Or tidal ?

Spotify regularly do an offer of first 3 months for 99 cents. Don't know if it's on at the moment.

Can I pay more to not get anthem ?

Does Spotify have the most tuneage?

I've found them lacking a couple of podcasts but that was a while back tbf. Haven't ever not found what I'm looking for since.

That new Anna Meredith tune (Sawbones – just played live on 6 Music) is a bit bonkers.

I think the one with Prime is very bare.

afgavinstan wrote:

I've found them lacking a couple of podcasts but that was a while back tbf. Haven't ever not found what I'm looking for since.

Podcasts are music for dads

Music Post Only in the Music Thread

Bob wrote:

If I’m going to come out of the dark ages and stop buying cds and stream music which is the best service?

Apple are offering me 90 days free

I’ve let amazon prime lapse but generally I prefer their stuff to apple

Or tidal ?

Think I'm one of the few to use Apple Music but I like it a lot. Never not had a song I wanted, has all new releases and great playlists. Plus their own 'radio' stations etc as well.

Diluted Dante wrote:

Drill rapper Rico Racks jailed and banned from rapping certain words

What?

I got you Dante, this can't slide with no comment.


Again.

What?

Talk to me about Clipping