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    Album Of The Week 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 sense of regret and melancholy with the lyric but also with a word of warning but despite the length of the song it seems to end very quickly. Album Of The Week - 04/04/2026 - Track 2 My second selection from Dagger is the The Echo. There is a brooding atmosphere and presence with this song which marries a staccato, hypnotic rhythm with a repetive vocal line while invoking the monochrome shades the whole album conjures. Album Of The Week - 04/04/2026 Dagger – Ist Ist   This week we have the most recent release from Manchester post-punk band Ist Ist, the third to be selected from my collection of 6 albums from this prolific band. Dagger, is the fifth studio album from Ist Ist an...
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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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