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"Making the simple complicated is commonplace; making the complicated simple, awesomely simple, that's creativity."

New album by idiosyncratic LA act Man Man draws on Krautrock, Italo-disco, oddball prog, and the films of Werner Herzog and Rainer Werner Fassbinder for a wildly entertaining art-pop romp.

New album by idiosyncratic LA act Man Man draws on Krautrock, Italo-disco, oddball prog, and the films of Werner Herzog and Rainer Werner Fassbinder for a wildly entertaining art-pop romp.

The stories that Gino tells in this work, his 14th album, seem to be clearly reflective of life experiences of an "inconsolable". Gino looks deeply into the mirror at his own reflection, and that of the culture he lives in, critically relfects on what he sees, and lyrically and musically expresses his insights.

Second album from Rustin Man aka Paul Webb from Talk Talk. Having waited 17 years for Drift Code, some may be surprised at Clockdust’s swift arrival, but the album’s roots can be found in the same extended sessions. “Early on I realised I had two albums worth of material,” Webb explains. “The first tunes I wrote were electric guitar based, with long arrangements that built up in layers to something sonically quite dense. These became the bulk of Drift Code. As a reaction, I wrote a batch of songs that were tighter in their structure but had more feeling of space. These make up the bulk of Clockdust.”

Grammy and Americana-award winning singer songwriter and violinist Amanada Shires returns on ATO. The new album Take It Like A Man is a fearless confessional featuring 10 emotionally raw tracks, produced by the talented gender-fluid singer-songwriter and producer, Lawrence Rothman, (Angel Olsen, Girl in Red, Courtney Love).

New album by idiosyncratic LA act Man Man draws on Krautrock, Italo-disco, oddball prog, and the films of Werner Herzog and Rainer Werner Fassbinder for a wildly entertaining art-pop romp.