International breaks are getting ever more irritating, there certainly seem to more of them, but when halfway through this particular break, we have seemingly lost Carrick for next Saturday, De Gea possibly our player of the season so far, and now Daley Blind for who knows how long it's getting a touch beyond a joke.
As if we don't seem to lose players on our own, week in week out, the last thing we need is for them to get crocked playing for their national teams. Fingers crossed there are no more!
Music
Abdulla Rashim - Unanimity: Swedish electronica that's maybe too beat driven to be ambient, but leans towards te more chilled out at times, it's good stuff.
Ethan Johns - The Reckoning: The producer turned recording artists second album, his debut was pretty good and this is on a similar level, it's hard to believe he's English sometimes, it's such an American sound.
James - La Petit Mort: A pretty solid James album, wasn't too sure after the first couple of listens, but it's a grower.
Klaxons - Love Frequency: It's a decent enough album, but I'm not sure that their sound will be a model for band longevity.
Manic Street Preachers - Futurology: I've always liked the Manics but never loved them as others do, but over the last decade they have produced consistently excellent albums, so maybe I should love them. This is another corker.
The pains of being pure at heart - Days of abandon: A heavy Smiths/Belle and Sebastien type influence pervades the US indie/pop bands third album, it's a good album, but their debut, which was a real belter, had a hint of power that they seem to have lost, not for the better.
Tori Amos - Unrepentant Gerladines: The US left field singer/songwriter is still delivering the goods and this really does deliver.
As if we don't seem to lose players on our own, week in week out, the last thing we need is for them to get crocked playing for their national teams. Fingers crossed there are no more!
Music
Abdulla Rashim - Unanimity: Swedish electronica that's maybe too beat driven to be ambient, but leans towards te more chilled out at times, it's good stuff.
Ethan Johns - The Reckoning: The producer turned recording artists second album, his debut was pretty good and this is on a similar level, it's hard to believe he's English sometimes, it's such an American sound.
James - La Petit Mort: A pretty solid James album, wasn't too sure after the first couple of listens, but it's a grower.
Klaxons - Love Frequency: It's a decent enough album, but I'm not sure that their sound will be a model for band longevity.
Manic Street Preachers - Futurology: I've always liked the Manics but never loved them as others do, but over the last decade they have produced consistently excellent albums, so maybe I should love them. This is another corker.
The pains of being pure at heart - Days of abandon: A heavy Smiths/Belle and Sebastien type influence pervades the US indie/pop bands third album, it's a good album, but their debut, which was a real belter, had a hint of power that they seem to have lost, not for the better.
Tori Amos - Unrepentant Gerladines: The US left field singer/songwriter is still delivering the goods and this really does deliver.
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