Goat - MedicineIt is hard to know how many times the mythology and mystery of Goats backstory can be written about, but new release Medicine does away with any need to dwell on the past, returning with a more introspective, slightly mellower psych folk sound that remains recognisably them. There is a consistently restrained, warm feel across the whole work, and the band suggest that the overall theme of the album is about the impermanence of life in different ways:

drummer Robert Grey provides a virtual masterclass in percussive minimalism

Master of Puppets was the band's last album to feature bassist Cliff Burton

""She Was Born To Be My Unicorn""

a drought resistant tree notably used to craft some of the first mallets and marimbas but also known for its culinary and medical uses

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me exchanging ideas with my younger self

They were joined in the Lightship45 studio by drummer extraordinaire Bobby Voltaire (Proper Ornaments

Florence Shaw & Nick Buxton) only started making music after a party in 2017 inspired a collaboration

creating the framework that allows space for new sounds to breathe and evolve

“If you’re in the room with me I’m the crocodile who swallowed the pocket watch

in all of its private sorrows and painful contradictions

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