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THE SUMMERTIMES – Luminous EP

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Back in 2023, The Summertimes released one of the year’s best albums with their self-titled disc. Their follow up release, the ‘Luminous’ EP offers fans (and soon to be fans) more of the same in many ways. Rather than suggesting a lack of imagination, it proves that the Aussie power pop band knows instinctively where their musical strength lies and, as a result, the five songs that make up the short release sit very comfortably alongside the previous LP’s best material.

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THE REAL GONE SINGLES BAR #172

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Welcome back to the Real Gone Singles Bar, the place where we explore some of the more interesting individual tracks that have landed in our inbox over the past couple of weeks. This time around, we’re pleased to share some adult oriented pop-rock, new works from a couple of great singer songwriters, a slice of great power pop from Australia…and more besides. As always, we hope you find something new to enjoy!

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Listen: A Phone Call From Oliver Reed (A Real Gone Sampler 2023)

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The year end “sampler” has long been one of our year end traditions at Real Gone. Although in recent years, the sampler has taken the form of an online stream as opposed to a traditional download, we’ve continued to receive good feedback about the annual project, and still managed to introduce people to things they missed throughout the previous twelve months.

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The Real Gone End of Year Round-Up 2023

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We seem to say it every December, but this year has gone so quickly. We’ve fit a lot into twelve months, of course. Over the last twelve months, Real Gone has picked up a truckload of new followers and regular visitors; we’ve discovered new bands, reconnected with a couple of familiar faces, and given more column inches to old favourites.

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