INTERVIEW
COMPILATION DOWNLOAD HERE
CELEBRATING OUR 16TH BIRTHDAY, THIS YEAR’S COMPILATION FEATURES AN ABUNDANCE OF NORTH EAST TALENT. DOWNLOAD FOR FREE AT NARCMAGAZINE.BANDCAMP.COM WORDS: LAURA DOYLE / JAMIE LUNNON / CHRIS MALTBY / STEVE SPITHRAY / ADELLE SUTHERAN / LUKE WALLER
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BECCY OWEN – BURIED GIFTS
FAYE FANTARROW – NOUGHTIES
Buried Gifts is wistful and gentle piano sonata combined with poetic sentiments from this littérateur. Uncomplicated and hauntingly pure, it’s a truly delightful track “about emerging from isolation as well as how ritual and community help us through the tough times”, as the artist explains. (AS) www.beccyowen.bandcamp.com
If Noughties was written as a bit of fun to trivialise the bad press Gen Zs get, then Sunderland’s Faye Fantarrow hits the nail on the socially aware head. “I wanted Noughties to be a completely fun track; I also wanted all the nostalgic cliches and ironies of Gen Z to be acknowledged and celebrated.” Faye comments. The result is an eminently danceable romp through young adulthood, delightfully embellished with brass and soulful zing. (SS) www.facebook.com/fayefantarrowmusic
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