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Andy Helliwell @andyhelliwell.bsky.social · 1d

Very well thank you :) It's got a metal sensibility without being actual metal, I'd say...

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Andy Helliwell @andyhelliwell.bsky.social · 1d

I don't know if you are already familiar with Circuit Des Yeux but it might be your kind of thing...

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Andy Helliwell @andyhelliwell.bsky.social · 3d

Lloyd Cole and the Commotions - Rattlesnakes

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Andy Helliwell @andyhelliwell.bsky.social · 3d

Still in my top 5 of the year...

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Andy Helliwell @andyhelliwell.bsky.social · 3d

So many absolute classics to choose from for #5debutalbums8084 but this has got to be up there, and I'm looking forward to revisiting this old friend over the next three weeks...

Rattlesnakes - Lloyd Cole and the Commotions

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Andy Helliwell @andyhelliwell.bsky.social · 3d

Some big hitters this month - my top 5:

- Suede - Autofiction
- Big Thief - Double Infinity
- Nation Of Language - Dance Called Memory
- Cate Le Bon - Michaelangelo Dying
- NewDad - Altar

Haven't actually listened to The Cords yet, putting that right now...

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Andy Helliwell @andyhelliwell.bsky.social · 4d

Getting into full Mr Autumn mode with some apple and quince chutney...

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Andy Helliwell @andyhelliwell.bsky.social · 4d

It's never happened before in 355 previous Parkruns and it will definitely never happen again, but somehow today I was first finisher - in Aachen of all places. Cue Barry Davies...

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Andy Helliwell @andyhelliwell.bsky.social · 5d

Evening Richard, evening all - it was a good time for long album titles...

1. The Noise Made By People - Broadcast
2. Let Go - Avril Lavigne
3. Lesser Matters - The Radio Dept
4. Quiet Is The New Loud - Kings Of Convenience
5. Thunder, Lightning, Strike - The Go! Team

#5DebutAlbums0004

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Andy Helliwell @andyhelliwell.bsky.social · 12d

What a great gig tonight at the Roundhouse - great crowd, great support act, and above all The Beths on superb form - fabulous.

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Andy Helliwell @andyhelliwell.bsky.social · 13d

Thought it might be unlikely!

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Andy Helliwell @andyhelliwell.bsky.social · 13d

There's a Ray's on the corner of Corinth and Idaho Avenues. I mean, who knows if it has been there all this time but playing around on Streetview, I can persuade myself that the photo was taken by the telegraph pole and sign on the right here. Probably easily disproved!

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Andy Helliwell @andyhelliwell.bsky.social · 18d

Quinces are one of the colours of autumn for me - absolutely massive crop this year...

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Andy Helliwell @andyhelliwell.bsky.social · 20d

How am I doing @sentimentbot.bsky.social ?

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Andy Helliwell @andyhelliwell.bsky.social · 23d

Hope Sandoval! My list for this is growing rapidly!

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Andy Helliwell @andyhelliwell.bsky.social · 23d

Ooh, that's a great call.

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Andy Helliwell @andyhelliwell.bsky.social · 24d

Same age as the youngest member of Hanson...

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Andy Helliwell @andyhelliwell.bsky.social · 24d

Right, let's get started - thanks for the new challenge Richard! I predict one of these four will do significantly better than the other three... The Shins, Interpol, The Avalanches and, erm, Avril Lavigne (which I maintain was great at the time and still stands up...)

#5debutalbums0004

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Andy Helliwell @andyhelliwell.bsky.social · 24d

Haha, crikey, this will keep us going for a while! Better start the research... 🧐

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Andy Helliwell @andyhelliwell.bsky.social · 25d

Yep - a later than usual rest for Mat, Simon and Richard, but it was quite a moment! I hate background chatter at gigs - you could hear a pin drop during this, wonderful.

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Andy Helliwell @andyhelliwell.bsky.social · 25d

I have a serious glut of quinces. This is less than half of them. If you are in the Hertford area and would like some, do get in touch...

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Andy Helliwell @andyhelliwell.bsky.social · 25d

youtu.be/qdVDqjFaN54?...

This was a wonderful highlight from last night's Suede concert (and was immediately followed by So Young, Metal Mickey and Beautiful Ones). What a band 🖤

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Andy Helliwell @andyhelliwell.bsky.social · 25d

I thought Antidepressants really shone live. June Rain was as powerful as I hoped it would be, and what about This Time? I've seen them quite a few times, and that was one of the most, erm, vigorous Beautiful Ones I can remember too. A great night.

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Andy Helliwell @andyhelliwell.bsky.social · 25d

Throwing Trash and Animal Nitrate out as songs 5 and 6 in the set... 😯

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Andy Helliwell @andyhelliwell.bsky.social · 25d

No prizes for guessing where I am tonight...

Royal Festival Hall stage with the new Suede album cover projected

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