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    Album Of The Week                                                                   Album Of The Week 19/09/2026 - Track 6 My final selection from Loud Like Love is the closing song on the album, Bosco. On an album packed with emotive songs this quiet, considered song pulls at the heartstrings in a plea from a person who is inflicting hurt on loved due to the ravages of addiction. The delivery of the vocal from Brian Molko is full of pain and regret. It’s a fitting to a classic Placebo album. Album Of The Week 19/09/2026 - Track 5 My penultimate selection from Loud Like Love is change of pace for Placebo following a dynamic opening to the album. The song, Hold On To Me, is an atmospheric and emotive track focusing on the isolation and vulnerability of love. A song given depth with guitar effects and orche...
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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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