This visit to the Singles Bar is big on variety. New country sounds meet with a late 50s tribute; contemporary goths take a surprisingly catchy turn, while a well loved track is redressed in a strikingly new way, and a cult act share a perfectly arranged, 90s inspired workout that’s as good an advert as any for their current retrospective disc. With the eight picks exploring a genuinely broad mix of styles and genres, we hope – as always – you find something new to enjoy.
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We’re firmly into autumn and Halloween is just around the corner. Already, the warmer days seem like a distant memory. In Boston, the change of seasons certainly hasn’t hampered anyone’s creative flow, even if a few folks might feel seasonally affected. This visit to the city brings a couple of punkier tracks, numbers that blend country and rock in cool ways, the return of an old favourite and more besides. We hope you find something new to enjoy…
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Welcome back to the Real Gone Singles Bar, the place where we explore some of the more interesting tracks that have landed in our inbox over the past few weeks. This time around, you’ll find a great example of alt-metal, an unexpected gem from a legend of 80s goth, a decent slice of power pop, well crafted tunes from a couple of singer songwriters, and more… As always, we hope you find something new to enjoy!
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This visit to the Singles Bar presents a near perfect slice of melodic punk, a couple of up and coming singer songwriters, another country number, and even an unexpected collaboration between a Canadian synth based project and a genuine cult figure. It’s another incredibly varied selection of tracks, but we’re sure you’ll find something of interest. As always, we hope you find something new to enjoy…
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‘Apropos of Nothing’, the debut album from the Sean Coleman Project, has been pitched as “a throwback of sorts”, and it isn’t always hard to work out why. Coleman’s music takes in a wealth of classic influences, and his approach to recording – collaborating with as many folks as possible – has their mood of a latter day Santana project, if not the sound. ‘Apropos of Nothing’ is a celebration of old school album making in the truest sense; it isn’t really about the quick hits, or the effectiveness of streaming individual tracks. To get the best out of this record, the listener should sit back, make time, and digest everything as a whole, in the same way vinyl buyers did back in the 70s and 80s.