The Walthamstow guitar guru Nick Saloman is sixty this year and his 21st Bevis Frond album is an undimmed double cd set.
Fusing classic sixties rock and plangent pounding post-punk neo-psychedelia in a string of plaintive and psycho-geographically specific guitar-pop nuggets, it’s capped monumentally by an exemplary 45 minute modal jam.
File The Bevis Frond alongside Robyn Hitchcock and Julian Cope in the English acid-pop survivor nook and wonder how Saloman slipped the mass-acknowledgment net.
Buy this, and then 1991’s New River Head, and begin a late-blooming love affair.
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Richard Herring, Comedian
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Carla, St Albans, Dailymail.co.uk
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Anamatronix, Youtube
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John Robins, Comedian
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Joskins, Leeds Music Forum
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Anonymous, don'tstartmeoff.com
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98rosjon, Twitter
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Genghis McKahn, Guardian.co.uk
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Len Firewood, Twitter
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Microcuts 22, Twitter
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Dominic Cavendish, Daily Telegraph
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Zombie Hamster, Twitter
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Deepbass, Guardian.co.uk
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Lucinda Locketts, Twitter
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Shane, Beverley, Dailymail.co.uk
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Al Murray, Comedian
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Maninabananasuit, Guardian.co.uk
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Pnethor, pne-online.com
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Frankie Boyle, Comedian
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James Dellingpole, Daily Telegraph
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Anon, westhamonline.com
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Rowing Rob, Guardian.co.uk
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Bosco239, youtube
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BBC iPlayer edition of discussion of Stewart Lee on A Good Read
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Etienne, Chortle.com
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Contrapuntal, Twitter
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Fairy Pingu, Twitter
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Brighton Argus
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Gmanthedemon, bbc.co.uk
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Dave Wilson, Chortle.com
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Esme Folley, Actress, cellist, Twitter
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Borathigh5, Youtube
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Peter Ould, Twitter
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Lents, redandwhitekop.com
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Dahoum, Guardian.co.uk
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Tweeter Kyriakou, Twitter
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Emilyistrendy, Youtube
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Spanner, dontstartmeoff.com
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Alwyn, Digiguide.tv
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Lenny Darksphere, Twitter
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Meninblack, Twitter
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Brendon, Vauxhallownersnetwork.co.uk
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Lee Mack, Mack The Life, 2012
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Iain, eatenbymissionaries
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Shit Crit, Twitter
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Rubyshoes, Twitter
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Dick Socrates, Twitter
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Gabrielle, Chortle.com
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Mearecate, Youtube
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DVDhth's grandparents, Twitter
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Anon, BBC Complaints Log
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Danazawa, Youtube
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A D Ward, Twitter
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Tweeterkiryakou, Twitter
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Henry Howard Fun, Twitter
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Coxy, Dontstartmeoff.com
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Visualiser1, Twitter
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Someoneyoudon'tknow, Chortle.com
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Dominic Cavendish, Telegraph
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Clampdown59, Twitter.
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Patrick Kavanagh, Guardian.co.uk
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Sidsings000, Youtube
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Idrie, Youtube
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Meanstreetelite, Peoplesrepublicofcork
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Robert Gavin, Twitter
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General Lurko 36, Guardian.co.uk
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Joycey, readytogo.net
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Karen Laidlaw, Edfringe. com.