Imagine images of New Order cast through a diamond…
Soaring in the slipstream of all your favourite music is Manchester’s fiery, resolute and super cool LoneLady, soaking in the cosmic rays and gliding on sparkling dance-y, poppy tunes. With two full length albums under her Telecaster, she’s made an indelible mark with a slew of huge tunage.
This is Manchester music in microcosm as Nerve Up mixes up post punk guitars, ice cool chorus’, glacial attitudes and cool haircuts. The golden fleece on Back Turner Street.
Then Hinterland saw her follow New Order’s devotion to the New York dancefloor, and the days of Arthur Baker and Barney’s shorts, spearheaded by the monumental, shimmering single ‘Groove It Out’. The album rips up crisp drum patterns, scratchy, nervous guitars, and cool haircuts. 14 disco balls in Stretford Arndale.
This isn’t really a review, more a pointer, if you’re looking for new music built on the architecture of Manchester, that will make you dance and make you sing, then snap up both of LoneLady’s albums! In fact, never mind the shiny, glass filled new skyscrapers and street food cuisine, this is the real new Manchester…
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Hinterland and Nerve Up are also available to purchase via Amazon etc
And if LoneLady is up your street, you may also like one of Manchester’s most talked about new bands, The Maitlands, “a mix of a sober Fall and a drunken Smiths”:
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