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    Album Of The Week Album Of The Week - 09/05/2026 The Hope – Ferocious Dog     We return to my 8 album collection by Nottingham based folk/punk band Ferocious Dog this week with their 2021 and penultimate album, The Hope. As we covered in October 2025 for my review of Fake New & Propaganda, I first became aware of Ferocious Dog when Julie and I saw them supporting Mad Dog McCrea at the Plymouth Guildhall in 2013. I was captured by their energy and conviction with their blend of folk based punk in a style that was reminiscent of the Levellers in the early 1990’s. Moving on 8 years to 2021 and Ferocious Dog released their 5 th original studio album and as it transpired, the most commercially successful of what was to be their catalogue of 6 original studio albums. Having just signed a new record deal in 2020, there was a degree of polish to The Hope while maintaining the fire that is evident throughout all of the Ferocious Dog albums. From the opening...
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   Album Of The Week 2026 - Archive Album Of The Week - 03/01/2026 Dark Fields - Show of Hands We kick off 2026 with a band that have made a massive impact on my music listening, the Devon based folk duo, Show of Hands, who comprise of singer/songwriter/musician Steve Knightley and the multi-instrumentalist and folk legend Phil Beer, formerly of the Albion Band. This week’s album, Dark Fields, is the fourth of my 32 Show of Hands albums to be selected as my album of week and its an album that has a special memory, as I bought it at a gig we attended at the Exeter Phoenix soon after Julie & I started following them. Dark Fields, released in 1997, is actually the bands 6 th  album although the first 3 were cassette only and are now long out of print. Therefore, Dark Fields is the third main release album and continued the success and acclaim Show of Hands had garnered from their previous 2 albums. In 1996, Show of Hands surprisingly booked the Royal Albert Hall and even...
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