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2020 reissue, 12″ LP, Ghost Box. Limited gold vinyl.
Jim Brooks, the artist formerly known as King of Woolworths, has delivered some of his best work since first donning The Advisory Circle alias in the mid-2000s. Arguably his greatest single album under the moniker – so far, at least – is “Ways of Seeing”, an unashamedly synthesizer-heavy 2018 set produced in tribute to heavily electronic library music of the late 1970s and early ’80s. As this tasty gold vinyl reissue proves, there’s a definite “Open University meets Pages From Ceefax” feel to some of the material, but that’s no bad thing. The key to the album’s success is undoubtedly Brooks’ ability to eke every last drop of emotion from his machines, combining spacey chords, ear-catching melodies, atmospheric electronic textures and lo-fi drum machine rhythms to uniformly impressive effect. – Juno
