Holy Wave - Five of CupsFive of Cups opens with the title track, establishing the albums auditory and thematic modus operandi from the get go. Holy Waves lysergic textural palette is immediately apparent in the songs woozy synth lead and anti gravity guitar jangle, but the atypical chord progressions and vocal melody steers the music away from anodyne escapism into a pensive grappling between self determination and defeatism. Holy Wave continue to ride the wistful and

Dark as everything may actually be

loss and a melancholic English romanticism embellished with beautifully spectral melodies and executed with startling subtlety

the 1970s TV musical drama following the ups and downs of the fictional female rock group

band's career development than many give it credit for

female harmonies

led through passageways and around dark corners

is an essential career-spanning collection highlighting 26 previously released songs – from late Nineties flashes of brilliance through early 2000s underground anthems

Vinyl includes I Heard it Through the Grapevine

Hong Kong British artist Eva Liu navigates the tricky territory of ever-changing identity

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especially in the unexpectedly upbeat country number ‰Û÷The Lord's Favorite‰۪ and even humour

but also managed to give critics and jazz fans a different look at him as a saxophonist