On this exceptional album’s inner sleeve, a sixties bypass bisects a prehistoric earthwork, and the folklorist Ronald Hutton discusses seasonal rites. Within, a set of tuneful, tonal, slices of clean and cold electronica hums with post-war optimism, warped by echoes of the transcendentally bland music that underscored Seventies architects’ pitches for concrete car parks.
The comforting irony cloud, that shadowed earlier Ghost Box label experiments in emotionally manipulative nostalgia, has evaporated.
Without anything so prescriptive as lyrics, The Advisory Circle offers a disarmingly sincere, pellucidly beautiful, and hauntingly disorientating exploration of your civilisation’s problematic relationship with the landscapes of its past.
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Aiden Hearn, Twitter
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Robert Gavin, Twitter
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Z-factor, Twitter.
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Lancethrustworthy, Youtube
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Patrick Kavanagh, Guardian.co.uk
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Visualiser1, Twitter
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World Without End, Twitter
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Emilyistrendy, Youtube
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Tin Frog, Twitter
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FBC, finalgear.com
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BBC iPlayer edition of discussion of Stewart Lee on A Good Read
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Sidsings000, Youtube
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Sweeping Curves, Twitter
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Lenny Darksphere, Twitter
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Secretdeveloper, Youtube
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Mpf1947, Youtube
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Maninabananasuit, Guardian.co.uk
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Mearecate, Youtube
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Joycey, readytogo.net
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Stokeylitfest, Twitter
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Iain, eatenbymissionaries
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Bosco239, youtube
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Pudabaya, beexcellenttoeachother.com
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Peter Ould, Twitter
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Cojones2, Guardian.co.uk
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Anon, westhamonline.com
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A D Ward, Twitter
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Foxfoxton, Youtube
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Shane, Beverley, Dailymail.co.uk
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Liam Travitt, Twitter
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Cyberbloke, Twitter
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Jamespearse, Twitter
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James Dellingpole, Daily Telegraph
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Yukio Mishima, dontstartmeoff.com
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Dominic Cavendish, Telegraph
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Neolab, Guardian.co.uk
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Wharto15, Twitter
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Genghis McKahn, Guardian.co.uk
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Idrie, Youtube
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98rosjon, Twitter
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Mini-x2, readytogo.net
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DVDhth's grandparents, Twitter
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Danazawa, Youtube
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Carcrazychica, Youtube
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Brendon, Vauxhallownersnetwork.co.uk
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Cabluigi, Guardian.co.uk
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Dahoum, Guardian.co.uk
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Gwaites, Digitalspy
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General Lurko 36, Guardian.co.uk
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Brighton Argus
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Anon, BBC Complaints Log
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Anonymous, The Northfield Patriot
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Peter Ould, Youtube
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Joskins, Leeds Music Forum
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Borathigh5, Youtube
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Zombie Hamster, Twitter
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Birmingham Sunday Mercury
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Deepbass, Guardian.co.uk
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Meanstreetelite, Peoplesrepublicofcork
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Henry Howard Fun, Twitter
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Tweeter Kyriakou, Twitter
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Pirate Crocodile, Twitter
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Rudeness, Youtube
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Lee Mack, Mack The Life, 2012
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Dominic Cavendish, Daily Telegraph
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Tres Ryan, Twitter
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Slothy Matt, Twitter
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Hiewy, Youtube
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Lents, redandwhitekop.com
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Gmanthedemon, bbc.co.uk
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Whoiscuriousgeorge, Youtube
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Al Murray, Comedian
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Syhr, breakbeat.co.uk
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Anon, dontstartmeoff.com
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Anamatronix, Youtube
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12dgdgdgdgdgdg, Youtube
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Alwyn, Digiguide.tv
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Nicetime, Guardian.co.uk
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Clampdown59, Twitter.
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Someoneyoudon'tknow, Chortle.com
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Rowing Rob, Guardian.co.uk
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Mrdavisn01, Twitter
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Meninblack, Twitter
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Frankie Boyle, Comedian
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Anonymous, don'tstartmeoff.com
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Microcuts 22, Twitter
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Rubyshoes, Twitter
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Etienne, Chortle.com
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Chez, Chortle.com
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Carla, St Albans, Dailymail.co.uk
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Joe, Independent.co.uk
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Spanner, dontstartmeoff.com
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Peter Fears, Twitter
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Gabrielle, Chortle.com
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Horatio Melvin, Twitter
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Fairy Pingu, Twitter
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Shit Crit, Twitter
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Alex Quarmby, Edfringe.com
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Pudabaya, Twitter
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Esme Folley, Actress, cellist, Twitter
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Coxy, Dontstartmeoff.com
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Johnny Kitkat, dontstartmeoff.com
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Tokyofist, Youtube
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Tweeterkiryakou, Twitter
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Richard Herring, Comedian
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GRTak, finalgear.com
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Leach Juice, Twitter
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John Robins, Comedian
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Neva2busy, dontstartmeoff.com
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Sam Rooney, Youtube
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Dave Wilson, Chortle.com
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Aaron, comedy.co.uk
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Karen Laidlaw, Edfringe. com.
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Pnethor, pne-online.com
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NevW47479, UKTV.co.uk
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Stuart, Chortle
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Len Firewood, Twitter
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Guest, Dontstartmeoff.com