Photo of the band Wych Elm

WYCH ELM

4 January 2022 dukeofearl 0

[Taken from Bristol Psychfest 2018] Wych Elm provided refuge in that I could now reduce my dancing speed by 27% percent as I was caught […]

DAVID HOPEWELL

29 December 2020 dukeofearl 0

The corridors and offices of Shonk Towers are empty and dark. The causation, a global pandemic that has led to the extermination of most of […]

CARDIACS

22 July 2020 dukeofearl 3

For months, maybe years I kept thinking about writing this piece, to just talk about my love for Cardiacs. Tim might have said ‘there’s no […]

CHEW

8 July 2020 dukeofearl 0

Alas, a component of my life I have missed this year is the ability to walk into a gig ‘ear-blind’ – It’s an amazing way […]

The Old England

30 June 2020 dukeofearl 0

Tucked away in Montpelier amidst a venous of narrow roads that climb steep hills, hidden in plain sight aside a surgery carpark is the magical […]

HEAD NOISE!

6 June 2020 dukeofearl 0

Aberdare, Mountain Ash, the welsh valleys, places known for trapping genres like metal, rock and punk, a timeless inescapable region where leather jackets, black T-shirts […]

TWIN STRANGERS

13 May 2020 dukeofearl 0

I was recently informed that much of my music collection conjures up the notion of a melancholy summer and perhaps the most melancholisest of the […]