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Album reviews with Michal Boncza: October 5, 2020
Latest releses from The Slow Painters, Lisa Lambe and Stealing the Fire

The Slow Painters
The Slow Painters
(Keepsecretrecords)
★★★

 

AS SOON as this Oslo-based quartet hit the first chords and the singer takes his cue, there's a sense of having been here before and enjoyed it.


Lisa Lambe
Juniper
(Blue Elan)
★★★★★



Stealing The Fire
King of Shadows
(Self-released)
★★★

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