Congratulations to @theanchoress.bsky.social for the phenomenal success of her third album A small team and a tiny budget, outselling some major label and big indie label releases this week
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What's been your gig of the summer? On this week's podcast we're testing out a new format and had some fun nattering with @helenawadia.bsky.social about some incredible shows she's seen lately. We'd love to know what you think of this experiment www.drownedinsound.org/our-gig-yap-...
Our Gig Yap Experiment
Something fun to try.
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On her new album As We Once Were, The Anchoress @theanchoress.bsky.social explores the voices we inherit and the way the past reveals new meanings when we learn to read it differently.
The Anchoress: “I used to think love was this wild, unsettling catastrophe of extreme emotions meant to make you feel bad.” | Interview
The Anchoress tells Best Fit how her new album As We Once Were deals in the past and how new meanings are revealed when we learn to look back differently.
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“Obviously, the irony is that in the ’70s and ’80s, synthesizers were thought to be the death knell of real music. Every technological innovation has always been greeted as the end of something.” Catherine Anne Davies Is Still The Anchoress:
Catherine Anne Davies: is Still The Anchoress
In issue #149 of Tape Op, I was lucky enough to interview Catherine Anne Davies about her musical career as The Anchoress. We've kept in touch a little bit
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The Anchoress: ‘The moment I shared that I was a mother, people treated me differently’
The Anchoress: ‘The moment I shared that I was a mother, people treated me differently’
Unresolved trauma is to the fore on As We Once Were, the new album by Welsh songwriter Catherine Anne Davies
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"I didn’t realise how much emotion is carried in the voices of our family, and that became the foundation of the record" - @theanchoress.bsky.social talks to @yorkshirepost.co.uk about her album As We Once Were www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/whats-on/art...
The Anchoress: 'It’s like a volcano being formed over many thousands of years'
Attempting to launch her new album while recovering from a broken wrist probably wasn’t what Catherine Anne Davies – aka The Anchoress – was expecting when she was planning the promotional campaign fo...
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New & Notable: The Welsh singer and songwriter levels up on a heartrending new effort bolstered by analog synths from Pete Townshend's personal collection.
As We Once Were, by The Anchoress
14 track album
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This is an inappropriate, credulous & politically biased BBC headline. The claims about savings will be sharply contested. News reports should not imclude what reads as an ediorial endorsememt in the headline www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
We need to show rightwing newspapers that actions have consequences. Add your name to @goodlawproject.org’s letter: goodlawproject.org/s/abb8a1
Jason Arday: Demand a public inquiry now | Good Law Project
Commission an immediate public inquiry into how to ensure a responsible press given its contribution to Dr Arday’s tragic death.
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Congratulations to @theanchoress.bsky.social for the phenomenal success of her third album A small team and a tiny budget, outselling some major label and big indie label releases this week
Woke up to a lovely positive review of As We Once Were on Pitchfork (no American press person, no major label budget, just the record finding its way). We're up against huge releases this week but if you can spare a tenner, I'd be so grateful 🙏 theanchoress.substack.com/p/its-snowin...
Amid a sea of 4-star reviews from the UK press, it’s amazing to wake up to a 7.4 from @pitchfork.com for the new album from @theanchoress.bsky.social pitchfork.com/reviews/albu... P4K scoring system: 7.0 – 7.5 Very good record, recommend checking it out. Hardly a dull moment, a great hang…
The Anchoress: As We Once Were
Read Hannah Jocelyn’s review of the album.
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Amid a sea of 4-star reviews from the UK press, it’s amazing to wake up to a 7.4 from @pitchfork.com for the new album from @theanchoress.bsky.social pitchfork.com/reviews/albu... P4K scoring system: 7.0 – 7.5 Very good record, recommend checking it out. Hardly a dull moment, a great hang…
The Anchoress: As We Once Were
Read Hannah Jocelyn’s review of the album.
pitchfork.com
We’re gong to be spilling some tea whilst celebrating the release of @theanchoress.bsky.social’s third album at @roughtrade1976.bsky.social on Denmark Street from 7:15 tonight www.drownedinsound.org/confessions-...
Confessions of an Album Campaign
Breaking, broken, and reflective. Sean Adams ponders the changing business of releasing records.
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Had so many thoughts after my chat with Lord Brennan so did a yap episode with @helenawadia.bsky.social It includes a great idea for any music fans campaigning for election podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/d...
From Paris Hilton to Andy Burnham: Sean & Helena's Lord Brennan Interview Debrief
Podcast Episode · Drowned in Sound · 2 August · 42min
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The work this man is doing is so important. Lock in. www.drownedinsound.org/meet-the-pol...
Meet the politician who wants to help save live music
It's oddly comforting finding the names in Westminster who want to use their political capital to keep arts and culture in national conversations.
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If I was a conspiracy theorist, I’d wonder if Farage or one of his supporters is using their wealth to ramp up the number of crossings (it’s a great distraction from the people profiting from the fires and the death of our natural world) I’m not that far gone, but… no… but…
"Sinking in Polls, Farage Plans Week of Attacks on Immigration" Reform plan to make next week Immigration Week It could finally be the moment for broadcast media to notice the > 75% drop in net migration since 2024. There is also a 42% drop in boat crossings
The work this man is doing is so important. Lock in. www.drownedinsound.org/meet-the-pol...
Meet the politician who wants to help save live music
It's oddly comforting finding the names in Westminster who want to use their political capital to keep arts and culture in national conversations.
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New episode of our podcast just dropped. Our first ever conversation with a Lord. Lord Brennan is a big music fan and also a musician. We got his reaction to the govt’s response to the fan-led review of live and electronic music (4000+ fans had our say!) as well as his expectations for Andy Burnham
What Will Andy Burnham Do for Live Music Fans
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Your regular reminder : in terms of units sold, vinyl has been outsold by CD in Every Single Year since 1988 (and in terms of revenue, every year up until 2024). The notion that vinyl is more popular than CD simply isn't borne out by the data
CDs are so back www.drownedinsound.org/hello-the-cd...
I’d like to make it clear for all the people following me what the sheer gravity of the news is. Without this facility we can’t ensure constant communication with spacecraft beyond Earth orbit. If this facility is off-line, the Artemis program cannot send a crew to the Moon.
The Madrid Deep Space Communication Complex at Robledo de Chavela municipality in the Community of Madrid, Spain on fire. Burgohondo wildfire. 📷 via Infues Avila
They never went away for some of us, although I was a fairly late starter (early 90s)... the original switch from vinyl was a wrench
CDs are so back www.drownedinsound.org/hello-the-cd...
Something to listen before or after the England game Geoff Barrow from Portishead and @invadafilms.bsky.social recommends @pjharvey.net Search for “Drowned in Sound” wherever you get your podcasts to hear our full chat drownedinsound.org/podcasts
This bodes well. The new PM owns a share of the Snug in Atherton through Music Venue Properties open.substack.com/pub/markdavy... @markdavyd.bsky.social @musicvenueprop.bsky.social
A Night Out in Atherton
Because you should always keep the receipts. Or in this case, the Mystic Meg style video.
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