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Review: If any album comes close to the beauty of Crosby, Stills & Nash in 2025 it's this. It's difficult to imagine anyone else nailing melodic, acoustic guitar-oriented music that treads in gospel, blues and pastoral psychedelia better than this supergroup. Could Bernard Butler be on his way to another Mercury Prize nomination with this? They've got a strong case for it. The band itself is something a little different and formed by popular demand. Norman Blake (Teenage Fanclub) Bernard Butler (Suede) and James Grant (Love and Money) originally got together for one occasion, at Saint Luke's in Glasgow in 2022 for Celtic Connections, but the power of them together was so great they've been talked into putting an album out. They've gone about it in quite a pragmatic way, with each member labelling which songs theirs, as opposed to all trying to write the same song at the same time. Makes sense really.

Review: This collection brings together Jerry Butler's first four studio albums for Mercury Records, which spanned 1967 and 1968. As a former member of The Impressions, Butler's transition to a solo career was marked by a series of standout records, including Soul Artistry, Mr Dream Merchant, The Soul Goes On, and The Ice Man Cometh. Notable tracks from this era include 'Never Give You Up', 'Hey Western Union Man' and 'Only The Strong Survive', each being a beacon of Butler's powerful vocal delivery. The Ice Man Cometh even secured a spot in the US Top 30, highlighting Butler's growing influence in the music scene. With production by the legendary Gamble & Huff on The Soul Goes On and The Ice Man Cometh, these albums capture a unique blend of soul and emotion.

Review: Melancholy maestro Brock Van Wey aka Bvdub returns with more immersive and beautifully sad sounds on his latest album In Iron Houses. It is an ambient work that is far too evocative to serve simply as aural wallpaper. Opener 'Madness To Their Methods' for example has a vocal swirling about the synthscapes that is utterly arresting and conveys great emotional pain. 'The Broken Fixing The Broken' is another lament of epic proportions and 'Iron Houses At Night - Star Track' has a little sense of hope in the brighter melodies and another vocal, which this time carries love not loss. 'Perpetual Emotion Machine' shuts down with subtle celestial celebration.