Preamble

“Look around you, you’re surrounded.”

This is the blog of Sachin Patel, who writes about music in a semi-coherent way. Here, you will find musings on new music, albums reviews, post-gig comedowns, and assorted ramblings about the sounds he loves. He also writes about education policy here, and he tweets too.

You can find out more about him, and this blog, here.

Recent Posts

Seabirds and seabeds

When Hot Chip performed in Manchester on their joint-header tour with LCD Soundsystem, the two bands joined forces at the end of the show for a cover of the Alessi Brothers’ breezy, soft-rock gem, “Seabird”. A couple of years later, a British trio called Vondelpark, with a vocalist whose brotherly mumble resembles that of Joe Goddard, have released their debut album, Seabed, which evokes a rather similar mood. Continue reading

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