Toral, Rafael: Traveling Light (Vinyl 2xLP) Bob Mould The sixth Warrington-Runcorn album continues

The sixth Warrington-Runcorn album continues to explore New Towns and the demise of the post-war consensus

making it not only the longest Alvvays album but also the most harmonically rich and lyrically provocative

synth-led songs including ‘Feel So Real’ and ‘To Each His Own’

to both shake themselves awake and to shake off the numbness of certain points in their life

Mingau De Açaí

Toral, Rafael: Traveling Light (Vinyl 2xLP) Bob Mould The sixth Warrington-Runcorn album continuesFrom out of the dark, the crackle of feed back birdsong signals a return to the land of sound environments exclusive to the music of Rafael Toral. A year and a half after his epochal electric guitar album, Spectral Evolution, Traveling Light finds him sharpening his focus, moving boldly from abstract forms to concrete compositions in the form of a set of jazz standards. Based on Torals discography, this may seem an unlikely endeavour, but happily,