My Other People: Vinyl LP UMRCLASSICS26 A sunny night from July

A sunny night from July of 2022 as Hello

2020 was the year of letting go

or the tendency for things to fall into order

return with a second ‘deep dish’ serving of the inspirations which have fed their immensely successful 40+ year career

from avant-garde tracks like “Didja Get Any Onya” to the straight-up R&B of their cover of Little Richard’s “Directly From My Heart to You

My Other People: Vinyl LP UMRCLASSICS26 A sunny night from JulyWithout a brutal evaluation of their own becoming, TV Priest might have never made their second album. Heralded as the next big thing in post punk, they were established as a bolshy, sharp witted outfit, the kind that starts movements with their political ire. There was of course truth in that, but it was a suit that quickly felt heavy on its wearers shoulders, leaving little room for true vulnerability. A lot of it did feel like I was being really