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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Gmanthedemon, bbc.co.uk
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Shit Crit, Twitter
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Brendon, Vauxhallownersnetwork.co.uk
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Henry Howard Fun, Twitter
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12dgdgdgdgdgdg, Youtube
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Idrie, Youtube
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Someoneyoudon'tknow, Chortle.com
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Anon, BBC Complaints Log
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Peter Ould, Twitter
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Dominic Cavendish, Telegraph
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Microcuts 22, Twitter
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FBC, finalgear.com
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Peter Fears, Twitter
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Fairy Pingu, Twitter
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Tres Ryan, Twitter
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Len Firewood, Twitter
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A D Ward, Twitter
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Hiewy, Youtube
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GRTak, finalgear.com
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World Without End, Twitter
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Anon, dontstartmeoff.com
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Gwaites, Digitalspy
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Pnethor, pne-online.com
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Horatio Melvin, Twitter
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Dahoum, Guardian.co.uk
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Tokyofist, Youtube
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Mearecate, Youtube
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Carla, St Albans, Dailymail.co.uk
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Esme Folley, Actress, cellist, Twitter
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Frankie Boyle, Comedian
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Lancethrustworthy, Youtube
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Lents, redandwhitekop.com
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Mini-x2, readytogo.net
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Jamespearse, Twitter
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Aaron, comedy.co.uk
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Joe, Independent.co.uk
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Pirate Crocodile, Twitter
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Guest1001, Youtube
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Johnny Kitkat, dontstartmeoff.com
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Foxfoxton, Youtube
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Patrick Kavanagh, Guardian.co.uk
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Whoiscuriousgeorge, Youtube
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Sweeping Curves, Twitter
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Bosco239, youtube
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Bobby Bhoy, Twitter
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Alwyn, Digiguide.tv
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Neolab, Guardian.co.uk
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Danazawa, Youtube
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Dominic Cavendish, Daily Telegraph
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Joycey, readytogo.net
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Neva2busy, dontstartmeoff.com
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Tweeter Kyriakou, Twitter
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Lenny Darksphere, Twitter
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Shane, Beverley, Dailymail.co.uk
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Lucinda Locketts, Twitter
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Genghis McKahn, Guardian.co.uk
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Funday’schild, youtube.
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Rudeness, Youtube
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Anon, westhamonline.com
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Borathigh5, Youtube
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Sidsings000, Youtube
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Sam Rooney, Youtube
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Wharto15, Twitter
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Al Murray, Comedian
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Brighton Argus
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Robert Gavin, Twitter
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Yukio Mishima, dontstartmeoff.com
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Contrapuntal, Twitter
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98rosjon, Twitter
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Dick Socrates, Twitter
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Deepbass, Guardian.co.uk
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Alex Quarmby, Edfringe.com
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Clampdown59, Twitter.
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Liam Travitt, Twitter
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Cojones2, Guardian.co.uk
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Fowkes81, Twitter
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Pudabaya, Twitter
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Anamatronix, Youtube
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Carcrazychica, Youtube
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Iain, eatenbymissionaries
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Guest, Dontstartmeoff.com
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Maninabananasuit, Guardian.co.uk
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Ishamayura Byrd, Twitter
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Syhr, breakbeat.co.uk
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BBC iPlayer edition of discussion of Stewart Lee on A Good Read
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James Dellingpole, Daily Telegraph
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Zombie Hamster, Twitter
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Anonymous, The Northfield Patriot
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Visualiser1, Twitter
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Secretdeveloper, Youtube
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Pudabaya, beexcellenttoeachother.com
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Joskins, Leeds Music Forum
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Karen Laidlaw, Edfringe. com.
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Meninblack, Twitter
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Peter Ould, Youtube
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Etienne, Chortle.com
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Anonymous, don'tstartmeoff.com
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John Robins, Comedian
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Cabluigi, Guardian.co.uk
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Tweeterkiryakou, Twitter
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Coxy, Dontstartmeoff.com
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Mrdavisn01, Twitter
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Jackmumf, Twitter
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Meanstreetelite, Peoplesrepublicofcork
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Cyberbloke, Twitter
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Slothy Matt, Twitter
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Stuart, Chortle
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Rowing Rob, Guardian.co.uk
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Richard Herring, Comedian
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Rubyshoes, Twitter
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Tin Frog, Twitter
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Keilloh, Twitter
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Aiden Hearn, Twitter
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Birmingham Sunday Mercury
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Leach Juice, Twitter
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General Lurko 36, Guardian.co.uk
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DVDhth's grandparents, Twitter
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Gabrielle, Chortle.com
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Dave Wilson, Chortle.com
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NevW47479, UKTV.co.uk
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Emilyistrendy, Youtube
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Spanner, dontstartmeoff.com
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Lee Mack, Mack The Life, 2012
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Nicetime, Guardian.co.uk