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Album reviews Updated 5th July with the Artrocker review.

Thomas White Tour News Updated 16th June with a Louisiana review.

Blog 14.6.08: Good gig/album launch/dress-up last night with Restlesslist Despite The Hope kinda suckin’ as a venue, Vile Imbeciles properly ripped it up (they’re at Belushi’s in Brighton tomorrow if you missed last night), and I guess we had an ok show too. Well, it was rammed at least. Good on the Shindig! folks for having a third consecutive corker!!

In other recent news, ESP had a fucking storming night with Sparks at the conclusion of their 20 nights of insanity at the Islington Academy. We did the Hello Young Lovers show, and I have to say, the audience were particularly accommodating and lovely, considering the obvious number of total die-hards in attendance, and the fact that we hadn’t actually played together since April. Lush evening (Photos by Kirstie in the Gallery)

In yet other news, I just finished my debut solo tour. A strange and brilliant experience – too many stories to tell, so I won’t. I’ll just say what a pleasure it was hanging with The T-T, and getting to air some of my tunes before the record comes out. The release date is now set for July 14th, with a digital single, ‘The Runaround’, out a couple of weeks before. Drift have done an admirable job on the sleeve, and nice wee reviews are starting to come in, so I’m happy! TW x

CMU Daily – Thomas White – I Dream of Black LP (Drift Records)

As if Thomas White didn’t have enough going on with Electric Soft Parade, Brakes, Restlesslist and the rest of the Brighton scene, he has now joined the Devon-based Drift Collective and is set to release this, his debut solo album. Recorded at home on a four track tape machine, with White playing all the instruments himself, this is a lo-fi record described by the man himself as an idea of what ESP’s demos might sound like. ‘I Dream Of Black’ contains several snippets, slightly unformed songs which befit the scratchy home recording style of the whole. It’s rewarding in parts, not least the incendiary, swirling My Bloody Valentine-esque ‘The Runaround’, which is possibly the most impressive and innovative thing on offer and makes you wonder how White would get on with the kind of time and money Kevin Shields had to record ‘Loveless’. As it is we can enjoy another album from a prolific artist showing an admirable do-it-yourself ethos.