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Cats In Space/Infinite Space Theory – Ebbw Vale, The EVI – 26 April 2019

This was a rescheduled gig following the demise of the Muni in Pontypridd.  Also, it was the third and final gig on the April leg of the Cats’ headline tour in support of the album ‘A Day Trip To Narnia’. Having reviewed the album earlier this year it was an opportunity for David O’Neill to pop up the valleys to Ebbw Vale for what was going to be the third and final time he’d seen the self-proclaimed ‘70s glam fans in their current format, as Paul Mandi is leaving the band at the end of this tour…

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Matt Pearce & The Mutiny – ‘Gotta Get Home’ (Mutinear Records)

Matt Pearce is perhaps best known to the metallic-minded of ÜR’s readers as the man responsible for pumping out the grooves and riffs with London hard-rockers Voodoo Six, with whom he has so far recorded five albums (with a sixth apparently in the pipeline for later this year) and three EPs. However, this debut solo project sees him follow a totally different path and explore his love of all things funky and bluesy.

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Employed To Serve – ‘Eternal Forward Motion’ (Spinefarm/Universal)

With ‘I Spend My Days (Wishing Them Away)’ Employed To Serve weren’t just offering up one of this decade’s hardest hitting metal anthems, but firmly establishing themselves as one of Britain’s best up and coming acts. Albums aren’t built on one song alone though, so it didn’t hurt that the rest of ‘The Warmth of A Dying Sun’ was a masterclass in showing just how hard the band could go, the record offering a perfect unison of hardcore and metal that elevated both camps and pushed the baseline of quality for all aspiring British bands higher than they had been in years. Returning with album #3, Employed To Serve’s ‘Eternal Forward Motion’ is almost a mission statement for the band, marking their first release on the international label Spinefarm, but also the next steps towards international acclaim and renown.

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RIP Gregory Gray

“I am the lucky one who got away, in the gutter with my lemonade.” So sang Mary Cigarettes, fittingly described as “one of the great unsung heroes of Irish rock and pop”, on his track ‘Rocket Science’. Sadly, last week, the 59-year-old Northern Irish singer-songwriter, also known as Gregory Gray, passed away, after a short illness, at his Hertfordshire home. 

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