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The Endless Coloured Ways: The Songs of Nick Drake

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A big man in an immaculate tux, Lusk’s falsetto floated above a whirling violin and full Gospel choir. Their sound had lush, Biblical depth, but with a funky, danceable groove: it was music to send you to your knees – then get you skanking with abandon. It hit the sleepy audience like the rapture; suddenly, Worthy Farm became a Midwestern Revivalist’s marquee, jitterbugging to an otherworldly rhythm. You half expected to see a young Elvis in the corner, jelly-legged with inspiration. Selected items are only available for delivery via the Royal Mail 48® service and other items are available for delivery using this service for a charge. Now Gabriels – who take their name from a street in Sunderland, where Hope grew up – have released a two-part debut record, Angels & Queens. The first volume dropped in September last year; together, the 13-part record confirms the promise of that miraculous Glastonbury introduction. The Gabriels’ many celebrity admirers include Elton John, this year’s headliner, who declared their single Love and Hate to be “probably one of the most seminal records I’ve heard in the last 10 years”, and brought out Lusk as one of his special guests.

Still, Gabriels are making thunderous, thoughtful music with commercial snap. They’re clearly hungry for success – and thoroughly deserve it. Big things await. “Mama, don’t you cry,” sings Lusk on Mama. “Everything’s going to be alright.” Swaddled in Gabriels’ glorious sound, you can’t help but agree: yes, yes, it is. Alex DigginsGoods that are faulty or sent in error must be returned to Crash Records Limited, 35 The Headrow, Leeds, LS1 6PU within 7 working days of the item being received by the customer. D5: Vocals recorded by Oli Deakin & additional engineering by Iggy B at Bella Union Studios, Strongrooms, London Vinyl is marketed and mentioned on OBI strip as "Buff" - it is more gray and dark brown colored than traditional buff - tan color. Vinyl is translucent.

Among the most unexpected delights of last year’s Glastonbury Festival was the storming British debut of Gabriels. It was a hot, drowsy afternoon on the Park Stage and few in the audience would have been die-hard fans – or even knew who the soul and R&B band were. Yet the trio of singer Jacob Lusk, keyboardist Ryan Hope and violinist Ari Balouzian threw quite the coming-out party. Is this what keeps subsequent generations enthralled? Quite possibly, but only because this enigmatic nature is so deeply intertwined with the music itself. Welcome, then, to PJ Harvey’s first album in seven years, a wholly original, often baffling, regularly terrifying and frequently gorgeous set of 12 songs. The only artist to have won the Mercury Prize twice (for 2001’s Stories from the City, Stories from the Sea and 2011’s Let England Shake), Dorset-born Harvey is one of Britain’s most intriguing and inventive musicians. However when she finished touring her last album (2016’s The Hope Six Demolition Project, a “big theme” record that dealt with politics and foreign policy), Harvey admitted to feeling lost, disconnected from music and therefore “heartbroken”. She considered quitting. But her muse returned. I Inside the Old Year Dying is the result. Far from “big theme”, it’s intimate and rootsy.It comes through in his lyrics, and it comes through in the music,” says Dorelli. “Even with the guitar, you can never quite work out what he’s doing. It becomes a story itself – one that you can’t get enough of.” Dorelli has a theory regarding why people are increasingly drawn to Drake’s music. “I see my daughters talking about mental health a lot, and there’s a lot of discussion around that on social media,” he says. “I think he taps into that and does it in a way that’s strangely uplifting … it gives you a bit of relief to know that somebody else is going through the same thing.”

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