Helen Love – This Is My World

Everybody has them, those slightly faded family photos from the 1970s that are simultaneously vivid yet just beyond the arm’s reach of memory. This Is My World, the tenth album from Swansea dayglo punk discoteers Helen Love is very like that album of photographs – charming slices of colourful documentary one step removed from today but dripping with nostalgia. This Is My World is a lucky bag of pop culture and social references drawn from Helen‘s life. Despite its musical jauntiness, there’s a strong theme of regret and a wistfulness for times gone by, harking back to innocent times (Go-Kart, Our House, Billy Liar) and the close-knittedness of a working community (My Seaside Town, The Social Club). It is a symptom perhaps of these introspective times that songwriter...

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