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    Album Of The Week Album Of The Week - 04/04/2026 - Track 5 My final selection from Dagger is the closing track, Ambition. A mid-tempo song which continues the melodic theme that runs through the album but with a lyric that again looks at the darker side of our interactions and relationships. A strong track to conclude another excellent studio album from Ist Ist. Album Of The Week - 04/04/2026 - Track 4 My penultimate selection from Dagger is the synth heavy lament, Song For Someone. This song takes the album into a different direction with an interlude between the more full on, anthemic songs. There is a beautiful moodiness to this song with shades of loss, regret yet acceptance within this haunting track. Album Of The Week - 04/04/2026 - Track 3 My third selection from Dagger is the only song on the album over 4 minutes, the song, Encouragement  leads us in with a melodic electronic opening before the track opens up with a dominating bass line and guitars. There is a...

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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...