RADIO SONGS [LP] (140 GRAM, GATEFOLD)

Blur drummer Dave Rowntree releases his debut album Radio Songs on Cooking Vinyl. Standout track London Bridge was produced with Leo Abrahams (Wild Beasts / Brian Eno / Ghostpoet). It heralds the start of an exciting new project for Rowntree, over three decades since Blur formed back in 1989. London Bridge is an enticing opening statement. Deceptively bright and upbeat, with its staccato aela-la-la-laAE hook line, the music belies a lyrical sense of dread. As proficient with a synth or guitar as he is behind the drum-kit, RowntreeAEs innate ear for a melody is given free-reign on this scuzzy but impactful, lo-fi number.'