They could have chosen a more imaginative heading:

https://www.uncut.co.uk/publications/un ... 25-148900/

Cher le freak,
As an avid tennis player, I like that. By the way, in Rex Balfour´s book there´s a nice photo of BF holding a racket.
Salutations à tous!

I play tennis too. However, in Bryan´s case, the tennis player might as well have been a couple of musicians we all know well.

I haven't read this yet, but it's a rather handsome, six page spread.

Elsewhere, the album gets a very brief review in the 'new albums' section, with the strap-line "Bryan goes back to his art school roots with impressive collaboration", and a score of 8/10.

Interesting article. The biggest revelation was that the source music for 'Loose Talk' comes from a collection of cassettes, or sketchbooks as BF the eternal artist also calls them. The oldest goes back to 1973 and is the basis of 'White Noise'. Features Alan Spenner on bass, recorded at Air Studios. BF seems particularly pleased that he has finally found a home for this piece, on 'Loose Talk'.

Elsewhere, BF talks about the promo films he has been working on for the album, and I'm struck by his comment that "we didn't do any good videos, really, except 'Let's Stick Together'.....It was left to the last minute: oh, someone better do the video." The impression I have here is that he's not just talking about his solo output but Roxy too and it's odd to think he believes that to be the case. True, there were never 'blockbuster' videos that were typical of the 80s, nor the sort of art-house stuff he's putting out now, but there were impressive pieces: 'Angel Eyes', 'Jealous Guy', 'Same Old Scene', 'Avalon' and 'More Than This' on the Roxy side; 'The Price Of Love', 'This Is Tomorrow', 'Slave To Love', all three from 'Bete Noire', 'I Put A Spell On You', 'Will You Love Me Tomorrow', 'Your Painted Smile' and 'Loop De Li' on the solo side. They all have much to commend them - I wonder why BF doesn't hold them in high regard?

Even 'Don't stop the dance' ! Some of the old videos were better than others but it definitely looks like some careful aesthetic thought went into them - otherwise why release video compilations like 'Total Recall' ?... TBH the handmade vibe of the Loose Talk videos looks oversimplified and incredibly basic - they're hardly worth highlighting as an extra layer of interest to this project ... The 'Star' video in particular looked very rushed .. That said - I like the sleeve artwork and I'm looking forward to hearing the whole album - especially after reading the Uncut interview..