“It was once written, by a heavily bearded, salt-encrusted American writer, “Whenever I find myself growing grim about the mouth; whenever it is a damp, drizzly November in my soul…then, I account it high time to get to sea as soon as I can.” I knew what he meant, minus the fact that I’ve never been on an international oceanic voyage. But, I do feel as though I now know exactly what he meant, becau”
“It makes sense that Du Blonde’s third album was written on a guitar given to her by Curb Your Enthusiasm actor Jeff Garlin. It’s a record laced with a sardonic sense of humour – check out the pounding ‘Smoking Me Out’, on which a warped, Evil Dead-style voice gleefully declares of a lover: “Together we make one sordid burger of human meat!” – and one whose author seems to revel in the joyful anar”
“If you want something done right, do it yourself: so Newcastle’s Beth Jeans Houghton resolved for her third record as Du Blonde. Tired of feeling limited by the industry, she wrote, recorded, produced and released Homecoming herself, right down to tie-dying her own merch. Despite this bravura show of self-reliance, she still makes space, in a record bursting and bouncing with fuzzy, pop-grunge hoo”
“Du Blonde continues her introspective journey surrounded by hooks and occasional bite on Homecoming”
