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Jack Ladder & The Dreamlanders
Playmates
Self Portrait/Inertia
Sydney’s Jack Ladder won’t ever shake off Nick Cave comparisons – the voice, the look, some of the aesthetic – but there’s enough going on around that for this (and the previous albums) to never sound like any attempt at a carbon-copy; most enjoyably hints of Talk Talk, Lloyd Cole & The Commoti…
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