Decoding Static is home to the writing, art and photography of Andy Harrod. Including the Guardian First Book nominated tearing at thoughts.
Even before the needle has been placed on the robot pink vinyl there is the sense of these songs calling to the core of me. Is it the cover that speaks first? A landscape of trees set in grey, with darkness spilling, blotting out; empty buildings, brick shells, fades. Is there a glimmer of light? […]
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One for Sorrow is an ep that is worth the wait. I’ve been aware of Catherine AD for the past 5 years since she released The Bedroom Sessions, which were enchanting, evocative and haunting. On One for Sorrow her soundscape has grown with her recantation as The Anchoress , whilst her lyrics suggest an engagement […]
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Warpaint played at Lancaster Library on Friday 20th May and it was a fun evening. Warpaint’s lyrics and voices, to me, are fragile, they wrap them up with their strong guitar playing and drumming, giving their songs strength. They smiled and chatted to the crowd, their enjoyment was clear, as I hope was the crowds. […]
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It is the energy, passion and enjoyment of Sew up the Sky by Birds vs Planes that has me hooked; it has been on repeat for the pass hour and with each play it buries itself deeper into my mind, improving my mood and waking me up. Sew up the Sky begins with a quirky earworm rift before Jen’s […]
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I have been a fan of Ane Brun for a while and I recently brought Changing of the Seasons, which is a beautiful album, drenched in love. Changing of the Seasons begins with The Treehouse Song, ‘When I woke, I took the backdoor to my mind and then I spoke. I counted all of the good things […]
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The other day I won the 10″ vinyl test pressing of Sea of Bees Bee Eee Pee ep. To say I was excited would have missed my mood by a mile or two. I can be geeky about vinyl! I came across Sea of Bees, aka Jules, when I saw her support Smoke Fairies at Lancaster […]
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Cob Dominos begin with Minibus, a start that surprised me as it a slower and more down beat song than I am use to with the Lovely Eggs, but I like it, this element of surprise is The Lovely Eggs. Minibus sounds like a broken love song, ‘it’s no fun when you leave town … we fall down, we […]
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Collecting Skies by The Big I am deals in cinema-scrapes, an open sound that create atmospheric pictures, imagine them projected in black and white onto a screen under the night sky on a warm summer evening. This is achieved through both the rhythmic and orchestral music and honest, open and at times abstract lyrics. Hole begins the album, […]
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Don’t look at Me (I don’t like it) is The Lovely Eggs lead single from their new album Cob Dominos and it is a burst of energy with kooky catchy lyrics, ‘Look at him with his dog dirt eyes, look at him with his rabbit’s fur teeth, look at him with his dressing grown nose’. It […]
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Smoke Fairies played at Lancaster Library on Saturday 22nd January 2011, ably supported by Sea of Bees and played the best gig I have seen at Lancaster Library. Smoke Fairies began with Summer Fades, a perfect start to the album and the ideal start to a gig. Jess and Kaf appeared very happy to be playing to a […]
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