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First impressions of Nil By Mouth

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I do like instrumental albums, and I enjoyed listening to this one from Blancmange. Not something they’ve particularly been known for in the past. Having said that, one of my all time favourite pieces from them is an instrumental. ‘Sad day’ is a stunningly beautiful piece in my opinion.

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Anyway, this instrumental album is rather lovely in places and I’ve quite enjoyed hearing it. As with many instrumental albums I’ve found it all too easy to get distracted from the actual listening process and so it’ll need further and more diligent listening I feel. However, it’s off to a good start, and it isn’t something that’ll be consigned to dark places of my music collection.

Spiro: Welcome Joy and Welcome Sorrow

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I first heard Spiro at WOMAD a few years ago and I’ve been enjoying their music ever since. I especially liked the versions of a couple of tracks with a Moog modular. Whilst their stuff is good it does sound quite similar a lot of the time. Not that it’s a bad thing. Not at all really.

But this album isn’t any different. It’s still good. Interesting to hear, but in many ways a lot like their other stuff. Again, it isn’t a bad thing. It has a place in my listening anyway.

Hoping to hear some of this later …

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Whilst I’m all for Blancmange playing new things, I do of course want to hear some old favourites. There’s nothing wrong with that right?

So I’m hopeful of some classics getting trotted out alongside the new stuff from ‘Semi-Detached’, and also hopefully some bits from ‘Blancburn’ too.

It’ll be an interesting night I’m sure.

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MG – MG

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I’ve been looking forward to this album since the single was released which was really good, and I think it did deliver. It’s a very cinematic album, and I’ve been enjoying that quality a great deal. But overall this album does feel like an instrumental Depeche Mode album. Not that that is a bad thing necessarily. In fact it probably says a lot about how Depeche Mode works more than anything.

Overall I liked it. I think I probably need to listen to it again though. Probably in a bit more depth.