THE REAL GONE SINGLES BAR #66

Welcome back to the Real Gone Singles Bar, the place where we explore some of the recent individual tracks that have landed in our inbox over the past few weeks. This time around, you’ll find a several familiar names returning to “the bar”, but with their best tunes to date. Stylistically, it’s a pleasingly mixed bag, drawing from indie rock, Americana, soulful singer songwriter fare, and choppy guitar sounds that very much tip the hat to Arctic Monkeys. As a varied selection, it’s interesting, but certainly works. We hope, as always, that you’ll find something new to enjoy…

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THE SPEED OF SOUND – A Cornucopia: Minerva

Celebrating their thirty fifth year in the music business, Manchester’s The Speed of Sound have pulled out all the stops for the follow up for their critically acclaimed 2021 release ‘Museum of Tomorrow’. As it’s title suggests, ‘A Cornucopia’ offers fans a whole bounty of music, and the band have split that into three volumes. The first disc, ‘Minerva’ is a fourteen track indie-ish journey which explores a musical universe that takes in jangling retro guitar work, 60s fuzz, a bit of power pop and a few other styles.

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