John Cale - POPtical Illusion (Vinyl) Format:Vinyl 2LP (Colour) Miss June harness jagged

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and drummer Bill Dowdy—on 1960’s Blue Hour produced one of most deeply soulful hard bop outings in the Blue Note catalog

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John Cale - POPtical Illusion (Vinyl) Format:Vinyl 2LP (Colour) Miss June harness jaggedDespite the albums playful title, John Cales second album in just over a year still contains the same feelings of fierce and inquisitive rage that were present in 2023 album Mercy. On POPtical Illusion, he remains angry, still incensed by the willful destruction that unchecked capitalists and unrepentant conmen have hoisted upon the wonders of this world and the goodness of its people. But this is not at all Mercy II, or some collection of castoffs,