Matt Berry: Witchazel – review

(Acid Jazz)Underpinning Matt Berry's debut album, a loving recreation of late-1960s folk psychedelia, are two realisations. First, without the benefit of hallucinogens, it's hard to listen to someone wittering on about bushes and badgers and keep a straight face. And even if this were possible, the chances are no one would take the debut album from a comedian best known for playing Douglas Reynholm in The IT Crowd seriously anyway. Witchazel accordingly comes packed with daft lyrics ("I don't gi...

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