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- Summary: The sixth full-length solo release for The Charlatans' Tim Burgess features a guest appearance by Pearl Charles.
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- Record Label: Bella Union
- Genre(s): Pop/Rock, Alternative/Indie Rock
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Sep 28, 2022It may be nearly 35 years since The Charlatans signed to Beggars Banquet, but for sheer scope and invention, Tim Burgess knows no bounds.
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Sep 23, 2022Maybe it'd be easier to digest if it was broken into a series of EPs, but part of the point of Typical Music is that it offers an immersion into an expansive, eccentric worldview. It needs all of its messiness to paint a full portrait.
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Sep 23, 2022Burgess says that he “fell in love with the world again” after Covid, and you can hear that across Typical Music: After This and the sublime The Centre of Me (Is a Symphony Of You) hurtle forth with all the lust for life and seemingly boundless joie de vivre of their creator.
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Sep 27, 2022He seems to explore his craft, experimenting with electronic instruments throughout each track, yet stays close to home.
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UncutSep 23, 2022Wiggy electronics abound, from the urgent gallop of the title track and the woozy psych-pop of “Kinetic Connection” to the cinematic orchestrations of “Slacker” and “A Quarter To Eight”. Think The Flaming Lips’ sci-fisonics given a very English twist. [Oct 2022, p.26]
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Oct 10, 2022The more-is-more nature of Typical Music may be a mixed blessing, but Burgess’ and the album’s biggest gift is a generosity of spirit.
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Sep 26, 2022This is an album that perfectly reflects Burgess’s guileless, up-for-anything, good-egg nature.