Part the second...
Jack Hues - as previously mentioned, he was the singer from Wang Chung. This got a, justified, very good review in the latest Uncut. Covers of The Look Of Love and Lana del Rey's Video Games (big rock out) are a bit misleading but, broadly, this sounds like a solo album that a member of Radiohead might have made just after 'OK Computer' was released.
Once And Future Band - a little bit prog but enjoyable. A lot more succinct than previous albums of theirs I'd listened to.
Peter Oren - cracking, for the second album running. More electric than Anthropocene but as fascinating.
Jack Sharp - I wouldn't think, based on this, that the singer of a band I think of as a bit Sabbath but from Bedfordshire/Northants would be able to make a proper folk album but he has. Musically, a bit like Alasdair Roberts, vocally and lyrically a little less so. Good, though.
Tom Misch & Yussef Dayes - I've honestly no idea why I thought this would be my thing. It's very jazz funk. Obviously, high on musicianship but not so much on listening enjoyment. Like Jamiroquai bouncing through the current London jazz scene on a pogo stick attempting to replicate their sounds as he goes.
AWOLNATION - the singles were enjoyable and, as it turns out, so is the album. Commercially viable rock end of dance (or dance end of rock). I thought they were Australian for some reason.
Santrofi - unexpected discovery of the week number 4 (I think). Ghanaian highlife seems to be joining Fela inspired Nigerian funk as the go to African music form. This is positively joyous from start to finish!
Other Lives - I like this a lot. It's beardy indie rock that'll remind you of four or five bands.
Junk Drawer - I'll go against
@chunkylover53 by saying that this is better than the Other Lives album. It's full of invention, motorikness and, probably, carrots.
Album of the week: joint win for Lucinda Williams and Santrofi.
