Imagine Richard Youngs as the junior member of a cabal of prolific and puritanical English musician-mystics, including The Fall’s Mark E Smith, Van der Graaf Generator’s Peter Hammill, Martin Carthy and The Clangers’ composer Vernon Elliot, and still his nature will elude you.
Youngs turns his hand once more, on what I think is genuinely his 136th album, to a threateningly exact folk minimalism, his wracked vocal astral projecting into a subspace void of tranquilised acoustic guitar arpeggios and truncated electric blues licks. Don’t let Youngs be the kind of genius that’s discovered after the event.
He’s here, right now, and he’s improving with age.
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Alex Quarmby, Edfringe.com
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Coxy, Dontstartmeoff.com
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Al Murray, Comedian
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Frankie Boyle, Comedian
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Yukio Mishima, dontstartmeoff.com
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Anon, BBC Complaints Log
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BBC iPlayer edition of discussion of Stewart Lee on A Good Read
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Richard Herring, Comedian
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Deepbass, Guardian.co.uk
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Anonymous, don'tstartmeoff.com
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Hiewy, Youtube
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Birmingham Sunday Mercury
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Cyberbloke, Twitter
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Tres Ryan, Twitter
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World Without End, Twitter
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Anon, dontstartmeoff.com
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Johnny Kitkat, dontstartmeoff.com
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Joycey, readytogo.net
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Jackmumf, Twitter
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Microcuts 22, Twitter
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Bobby Bhoy, Twitter
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General Lurko 36, Guardian.co.uk
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Dominic Cavendish, Telegraph
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Meanstreetelite, Peoplesrepublicofcork
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Robert Gavin, Twitter
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Someoneyoudon'tknow, Chortle.com
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Pudabaya, Twitter
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Foxfoxton, Youtube
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Idrie, Youtube
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Peter Ould, Twitter
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Fairy Pingu, Twitter
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98rosjon, Twitter
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Pirate Crocodile, Twitter
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Anonymous, The Northfield Patriot
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Rudeness, Youtube
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Sam Rooney, Youtube
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Tokyofist, Youtube
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12dgdgdgdgdgdg, Youtube
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Rubyshoes, Twitter
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Brendon, Vauxhallownersnetwork.co.uk
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Mrdavisn01, Twitter
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NevW47479, UKTV.co.uk
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Shane, Beverley, Dailymail.co.uk
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Kozzy06, Youtube
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Lents, redandwhitekop.com
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Etienne, Chortle.com