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March 30, 2017 by Simon Sweetman

Sweetman Podcast: Episode 56 – Paul McLaney

Welcome to episode 56 of Sweetman Podcast with support from our sponsors – T Leaf T, L’affare and Yeastie Boys. This one is a chat with musician Paul McLaney. This conversation was recorded over a year ago – it was to be one of the earliest podcast episodes, and then I lost it, then I […]
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April 11, 2016 by Simon Sweetman

The Impending Adorations: Spectator e.p.

The Impending Adorations Spectator e.p. Paul McLaney Paul McLaney had his concept and set about nailing it – in a year he released the first three Impending Adorations album, Gestalt, Intentions, Further and then he hit a wall, waited…waited…and released the fourth and final album in his planned quadrilogy, Threshold. Check out the titles – […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged Album Review, e.p., EP, Further, Gestalt, GIFT, GIFTs, Gramsci, Impending Adorations, Intentions, Paul McLaney, Rhian Sheehan, SJD, Specator, Spectator e.p., The Impending Adorations, Threshold ·

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March 16, 2016 by Simon Sweetman

Gig Review: Both Sides Now – Julia Deans sings Joni Mitchell (March 13, Wgtn)

Both Sides Now: Julia Deans sings Joni Mitchell Shed 6 Friday, March 11 – Sunday, March 13 Julia Deans (formerly of Fur Patrol) is an incredible singer. As well as continuing to work as a songwriter and original artist (new album out in the next few months, her long-awaited second) she has also made a […]
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October 12, 2015 by Simon Sweetman

The Impending Adorations: Threshold

The Impending Adorations Threshold Paul McLaney Three years ago Paul McLaney’s Impending Adorations moniker had released Further, the third album inside a year (the previous two being Gestalt and Intentions) and the wise assumption was that within three or six months we’d have a new album; he’d always planned his Impending Adorations project as creating […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged Album Review, Andy Keegan, Anthology, Further, Gestalt, GIFT, Gramsci, Hummel, Intentions, Jakob, Jeff Boyle, Paul McLaney, Quadrilogy, Rhian Sheehan, The Impending Adorations, Threshold ·

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September 28, 2013 by Simon Sweetman

The Impending Adorations: Further

The Impending Adorations Further Mushroom In November of 2012 Paul McLaney released his first album as The Impending Adorations, Gestalt. By April of 2013 he’d readied Intentions and now, already, we have Further; the third in what he has set out as a four-album set. Further starts with the loping 10-minute opener, Canon; it perhaps […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged Album Review, Bandcamp, Burial, Gestalt, Gramsci, Intentions, Mushroom, Paul McLaney, The Impending Adorations ·

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May 18, 2013 by Simon Sweetman

The Impending Adorations: Intentions

The Impending Adorations Intentions Mushroom Why it seems like only a few months ago I was gushing about The Impending Adorations, the latest name for a Paul McLaney project. Oh, well, um, it was only months ago – he released Gestalt at the end of 2012 and then, boom, here we go with album number […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged Album Review, Gestalt, Intentions, Mushroom Music, Paul McLaney, The Impending Adorations ·

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December 6, 2012 by Simon Sweetman

Five Albums I’m Loving Right Now: Paul McLaney

Paul McLaney makes music with people and he also works with the fruits of their labours in terms of protecting and enhancing the value of their work via his role at Mushroom Music. He also make musics on his own, though never more fully realised than on his most recent album ‘Gestalt’ released under The […]
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November 9, 2012 by Simon Sweetman

The Impending Adorations: Gestalt

The Impending Adorations Gestalt Mushroom Music The Impending Adorations is the name Paul McLaney has given to his latest set of sonic landscapes. Across his Gramsci moniker and work under his own name, McClaney has combined Nick Drake-derived guitar with beats and pieces of the so-called ‘folktronica’ tagline. But he’s also added the grunt of […]
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