{"product_id":"thomas-bush-the-next-60-years-lp","title":"Thomas Bush – The Next 60 Years [LP]","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"\u003cspan style=\"font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'San Francisco', 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif; font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'San Francisco', 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif; font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'San Francisco', 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif; font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003eThomas Bush faces up to the demons of England old with his third solo outing of crumpled 'n creased DIY chamber pop abstraction, this time for Guy Gormley's Jolly Discs.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSuffice to say we’ve been eagerly awaiting the long overdue arrival of this one.\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003eNow properly matured after the epic debut Old And Red and 2022 LP Preludes, Thomas’ undeniably strange song-craft basks comfortably in its own pool of melancholy, a kind so endemic to these British isles.\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003eAlthough as always he’s down but not out.\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003eThe unhurried opener ‘Same Life Flowed’ welcomes us into his world, one in our minds that’s populated with 3-day old cups of tea and crusts of toast, with baroque flourishes of harpsichord before wriggling out with those trademark spindly guitar picks and lysergic backwards processing on ‘Pure Intention’.\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003eThe high-lonesome ‘Thirsting’ plunges down into the depths, a brooding pit of self-lacerating introspection where Thomas’ velvety vocal charms with its sense of vulnerability, whilst the dubbed-out and despondent ‘Mulligan’ wallows in the aftermath.\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003eBut it’s not all gloom, the languid trudge of ‘Burn Clear’ could be be a Flying Nun 7”, seeing Bush’s vocal at its most Wyatt-esque before being muddied in clips of radio interference.\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e’Face In The Water’ feels weirdly anthemic with its brash synth chords, here the vocal pacing and delivery feels assured.\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003eDespite it’s short run length, by the time the closing elegiac guitar picks of X-trails come in, it feels like we’ve really been a part of something and want to do it all over again.\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003eSomething that’s steeped in a kind of broken intimacy found in Entlang together with the corduroy-clad bedsit DIY of Flaming Tunes or the those quintessential English eccentrics (Leven Signs, Hamster Records, Push-Button Pleasure, Berbel Nobodius).\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003eYou get the picture.\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003eOne that we’ll be listening to FOR THE NEXT 60 YEARS. -- All Night Flight\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eJolly Discs, 2024 \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"naturestripstore","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44723579027697,"sku":"","price":45.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0634\/8859\/0065\/files\/thomasbush_nextsixty.jpg?v=1713498921","url":"https:\/\/naturestripstore.myshopify.com\/products\/thomas-bush-the-next-60-years-lp","provider":"naturestripstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}