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Browno has written the following articles:

66430

Conquering Animal Sound - Kammerspiel

Review by Paul Brown

Kammerspiel is a ghostly collection of minimalistic beats, loops and fragile ambience, overlaid with Kampman’s beatifully frail vocal. »

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Hannah Peel - Broken Wave

Review by Paul Brown

The release of Broken Wave heralds the arrival of a genuine creative force in British folk music, and one of the scariest things about it is that you get the impression that Hannah Peel hasn’t really even got going yet. »

63989

Ou Est Le Swimming Pool - The Golden Year

Review by Paul Brown

Hopefully the strength of the album means that this music is what Charlie Haddon will be remembered for, rather than the manner of his death.»

62656

Magic Kids - Memphis

Review by Paul Brown

A concise and perfectly-presented collection of first-class pop music.»

62604

Favourite 50: My Vitriol Finelines (chosen by Paul Brown)

In Depth by Paul Brown

As part of our 10-week "DiS is 10!" celebration, we have asked 50 of our favourite people to tell us about one of their favourite albums of the past 10 years. Here, DiS contributor and messageboard regular Paul Brown, shares his choice... --- I’m pr»

58620

Ash - A-Z Volume 1

Review by Paul Brown

While this compilation brazenly embraces Ash's past, it also shows their future could be far more compelling than might reasonably expected from a band nearing the end of their second decade.»

58360

Bear In Heaven - Beast Rest Forth Mouth

Review by Paul Brown

There is so much to enjoy here; this is a record which reveals itself more with each listen. Whether Yeasayer end up overshadowing it in the end of year lists remains to be seen, but if that does happen, then this would be an unjust reflection of a wonderful album.»

57786

Duke Special - The Stage, The Book And The Silver Screen

Review by Paul Brown

With this collection, Duke Special has escaped from the confines of the conventional, and it has clearly done him the world of good. »

57492

Blood Red Shoes - Fire Like This

Review by Paul Brown

To be quite honest, it’s difficult to resist the urge to pick out every song and highlight it as a focal point, because Fire Like This is so strong from start to finish. This isn’t really anything new, because Box of Secrets was similarly consistent. What is different, however, is the focus the band have found. In the past, there’s been an unfortunate tendency to take songs a chorus too far, but that doesn’t appear to be an issue any more. This is one of a few imperfections Blood Red Shoes have managed to overcome with their second album. The only problem they have now is that they haven’t really left themselves much room to improve for album three.»

57110

White Rabbits - It's Frightening

Review by Paul Brown

In an age where unfathomable amounts of music are but a click away, I fear White Rabbits might be destined to be one of those bands which fade meekly into the background.»

56845

Postdata - Postdata

Review by Paul Brown

An early high watermark for anyone considering making an album of acoustic laments this year.»

55520

Asobi Seksu - Acoustic at Olympic Studios

Review by Paul Brown

Earlier this year, New York shoegazers Asobi Seksu released their third studio album Hush. It showed progression from their previo»

54564

Left With Pictures - Beyond Our Means

Review by Paul Brown

It is paradoxically youthful and world-weary all at once, and is a late contender to be crowned the most heartwarming album of the year. »

54433

Tickley Feather - Hors D'Oeuvres

Review by Paul Brown

The murky sound established on Hors d'Oeuvres creates a heady and occasionally oppressive atmosphere, which is at odds with the playful delivery of the words and melodies. The juxtaposition between the haunting and the naive is one of the key things that make the record such a likeable and engaging listen.»

53778

J Tillman - Year in the Kingdom

Review by Paul Brown

The sort of down-at-heel folk baladeering which Tillman specialises in is a popular market to say the least, teeming with over-earnest chancers trying desperately to convince us of their authenticity. However, authenticity is something weaved so intricately into the fabric of Tillman’s compositions that he doesn’t even have to try. And perhaps that’s the secret to success.»

53556

Alberta Cross - Broken Side of Time

Review by Paul Brown

Broken Side of Time is far from a wash-out, but it feels like an opportunity spurned. Some real quality lies within, but it’s difficult to lose yourself entirely when you know you can’t trust it not to wander off down the wrong path. »

52359

Nurses - Apple's Acre

Review by Paul Brown

There’s something quite romantic (clichéd as it may be) in the image of musicians wandering the highways of the USA in search of s»

51756

Emmy the Great - Edward

Review by Paul Brown

So many dozens of great records are made each year that it’s quite easy not to think about those that will never see the light of day.»

51750

Cogwheel Dogs - Greenhorn

Review by Paul Brown

Eccentricity always tends to arouse suspicion in music. It’s often so try-hard and affected that naturally we’re a bit dubious whe»

51266

Sore Eros - Second Chants

Review by Paul Brown

Connecticut’s Robert Robinson has been batting around the prospect of Sore Eros for nigh on seven years. Over that time he’s been »

50912

Years - Years

Review by Paul Brown

I imagine being a musician to sometimes be quite a frustrating thing. You come up with this killer snatch of a melody or verse, an»

49762

Ohbijou - Beacons

Review by Paul Brown

For a few years now, it has been a widely-acknowledged fact/cliché that Canada has lately played home to a disproportionately high»

49023

Lotus Plaza - The Floodlight Collective

Review by Paul Brown

The last couple of years have seen Bradford Cox become alternative music’s pin-up boy of sorts, what with the outrageously frequen»

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