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    Album Of The Week                                                                    Album Of The Week - 22/08/2026 - Track 5 My penultimate selection from Monster is Circus Envy, a song that saw R.E.M. experimenting with a grunge sound, a comment that critics made at the time of release. The song is dominated by a distorted guitars and powerful bass which pushes the vocals down into the mix giving it a very alt-rock feel.   Album Of The Week - 22/08/2026 - Track 4 My latest selection from Monster is the track Bang And Blame. Michael Stipe said the song was primarily about domestic violence and there are a lot of references in the lyrics to the toxicity of failed and violent relationships. Musically, a strong, alr-rock track with a captivating echo guitar running through the verses. Album Of The Week ...
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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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