A Distorted Reality.

Lydia’s This December was an album which dominated my listening habits for the best part of 2006: it was honest, it was dark and it was immediate whilst retaining subtle nuances which could only be appreciated with a copious amount of repetitious listening. It was that perfect balance of instant-gratification listening and longer term appreciation: [...]

I associate music with situations, with people, with memories. It’s probably nothing more than an unfortunate side-effect of listening to music whatever I do, but it is something that I’ve been doing inadvertently for the last four or so years. It started with Sophie Ellis-Bextor’s Read My Lips. How cool is that? Very.

Lydia - Smile, [...]