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Peter Doherty - Hamburg Demonstrations

Review by Jack Doherty

He can still pen a tune or two»

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Hamburg Demonstrations is the new album from the enigmatic The Libertines front man Pete Doherty. Produced and mixed by Johann Scheerer (Faust / Bosnian Rainbows / The Killers) and recorded at his analogue-based studio, Clouds Hill Recordings in Hamburg. Hamburg Demonstrations includes the previously released singles The Whole World Is Our Playground and a new recording of the Amy Winehouse tribute Flags From The Old Regime. The album also features Hell To Pay At The Gates Of Heaven written after the Paris attacks last November – it laments the fact that young people are now picking up guns instead of guitars “Come on boys choose your weapon J-45 or AK-47?”, ‘Kolly Kibber’ inspired by the newspaper man who meets a sticky end at the beginning of Brighton Rock and A Spy In The House Of Love a title borrowed from the Anaïs Nin novel.
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