Gentle Confrontation: Vinyl 2LP Joseph Bishara When I was a teenager

When I was a teenager my close friends were male musicians

Although orientated towards Black Nationalism

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Gentle Confrontation: Vinyl 2LP Joseph Bishara When I was a teenagerGentle Confrontation, Loraine James's third Hyperdub album, opens a new chapter of her real and sonic life in which she examines her past and present. It's a positively languid, enjoyably disjointed set made while listening to her teenage favourites; math rock and emo electronic such as DNTEL, Lusine and Telefon Tel Aviv. The album also features an ever more diverse set of peers, placing them in her unusual musical settings and drawing out sensitive