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September 7, 2017 by Simon Sweetman

Sweetman Podcast: Episode 80 – Hannah Fraser & Jon McLeary (Spines)

Welcome to episode 80 of Sweetman Podcast with support from our sponsors – T Leaf T, Yeastie Boys and Le Petite Chocolat. This one is a little different – it’s a chat with Hannah and Jon from the Spines, specifically, a track-by-track walk-through of their new album, Epidural. It’s the first album released by the Spines for 30 years, Hannah is […]

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April 10, 2017 by Simon Sweetman

The Ghost of Electricity: War Stories by Jon McLeary # 157 Liner Notes

I’ve been working through the songs for the album – finishing the lyrics on some and putting them in sequence. Recording has been on hold for a while but we are about to fire up again and get the whole thing finished over the next two months before John goes off to China. We are […]

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March 5, 2017 by Simon Sweetman

The Ghost of Electricity: War Stories by Jon McLeary # 152 On a Need to Know Basis

It’s a song about that time in the early morning Winter with the vague sun and coming out of sleep Eyes shut but you can see the room starting to materialise The gap between sleeping and waking What we really are and what we think we are It’s not quite dawn and a wintery sun […]