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    Album Of The Week Album Of The Week - 25/04/2026 - Track 5 My final selection from The Perfect Crime is in my opinion the strongest song on the album. The track System is the closest to the true sound of the Anti-Nowhere League. Nick "Animal" Culmer reverts to his more aggressive growled vocal while some excellent guitars take prominence over the keyboards. Lyically its another strong song that takes on political and religious conflict and the systems that fuel these constantly occurring events. Album Of The Week - 25/04/2026 - Track 4 My penultimate selection from The Perfect Crime is On The Waterfront, one of the songs that has faired quite well from this much malaigned album. As is typical of the album it is heavily layered with synths but lyrically its sound, depicting an image of cold, harsh city life. Album Of The Week - 25/04/2026 - Track 3 Next up from The Perfect Crime has the Anti-Nowhere League delving into the realms of folk rock with (I Don't Believe) Thi...
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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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