Cutaways: Earth and Earthly Things

photo: Olan Byrne Blefast trip Cutaways live up to their name. Get rid off the fluff and you end with a poppy album here keyboards and guitar are fighting for a place in the spotlights, while the drums are egging them on. Earth and Earthly Things is part B52s, part surf and has the nervousness of a young dog chasing his own tail. Vocalists Paul McIver and Grace McMacken come up with call-and-response songs that change rhythm and pace within a few bars (or within a single bar). Drummer Ryan Sim...

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