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JOHN - A Life Diagrammatic (Silver Vinyl)
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“Limitations
are
key
for
us,”
says
drummer
and
vocalist
John
Newton.
“I
never
view
being
a
two-piece
as
a
minus
-
it’s
a
key
idiosyncratic
element
of
what
the
project
is.”
For
the
last
decade,
and
now
over
four
albums,
the
duo
of
Newton
and
Johnny
Healey
have
constantly
redefined
and
expanded
the
role,
function
and
parameters
of
what
a
guitar
and
drum
two-piece
can
be.
No
more
so
is
this
apparent
than
on
their
latest
A
Life
Diagrammatic,
a
record
that
harnesses
the
punch
and
intensity
of
their
blistering
live
shows
with
the
band’s
increasingly
textural,
cinematic
and
expressive
sensibilities.
“We
knew
the
direction
we
wanted
to
go
in
after
the
last
record,”
Healey
says
of
Nocturnal
Manoeuvres.
“We
had
started
moving
towards
soundscapes
rather
than
straight-up
noise
and
four
to
the
floor
structure.”
The
level
of
thought,
ambition
and
scope
is
what
makes
JOHN
such
a
captivating
and
genre-defying
band,
and
A
Life
Diagrammatic
such
a
rich
and
evocative
listening
experience.
And
the
album
artwork
is
perhaps
a
perfect
metaphor
for
the
band
itself:
a
surface
level
glance
may
only
reveal
the
basic
function
of
an
ostensible
two-piece
rock
band
but
undertake
a
full
service
and
you’ll
discover
a
wealth
of
complexity,
technicality,
skill
and
function.
Or
quite
simply,
as
Healey
himself
says,
“we're
not
just
a
rock
band.
There's
more
to
it
than
that.”
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