Archive - Lunch Hour Pops

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Jan 4 •

April 2024

Lifeblood – Manic Street Preachers (2004)

The 20th anniversary reissue presents an album that has greatly improved with age

Apr 28, 2024 •

February 2024

Only The Desert Knows

Bluebottle Kiss's lack of recognition was partly due to structural factors, but also due to the game of chance all art must submit itself to.

Feb 6, 2024 •

September 2023

A Nostalgia For Music Never Known

A pair of weird early-1980s obscurities resurrected by the Dutch label Music From Memory

Sep 24, 2023 •

Drums and Bass!

The finest of late-90s genre-melding

Sep 13, 2023 •

Pre-Millennial Affection

1999 saw earnestness return to music. With a mixed public response.

Sep 5, 2023 •

August 2023

Soviet Twink-Pop

The genre you didn't know you needed

Aug 29, 2023 •

Italo In The Disco

A pair of early-mid 80s gems

Aug 22, 2023 •

April 2022

What's Tonight To Eternity? - Cindy Lee (2020)

“Could this be a life without love, without loss”

Apr 11, 2022 •

February 2022

Mwng - Super Furry Animals (2000)

"Mae'n nhw'n dweud bo' ni ar yr ymylo, yn weision bach ffyddlon, yn arw ac estron" (They say we are on the periphery, loyal little servants, rough and…

Feb 16, 2022 •

January 2022

Fetch The Compass Kids - The Danielson Famile (2001)

“Even if the melody's a flop we're gonna sing your way right through the top”

Jan 27, 2022 •

She is Suffering (from The Holy Bible) - Manic Street Preachers (1994)

"Nature's Lukewarm Pleasure"

Jan 9, 2022 •

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