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Bespoken

by Adam Irving

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    Bespoken (2022) CD album is the ninth full length release from Adam Irving. It is heavily influenced by Irving's love of spoken word and Hip-Hop. The first 500 CD copies come with a 16 page Zine containing the lyrics.
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    Bespoken (2022) CD album is the ninth full length release from Adam Irving.
    It is heavily influenced by Irving's love of spoken word and Hip-Hop.

    The first 500 copies come with a 16 page Zine containing all the lyrics.

    Includes unlimited streaming of Bespoken via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.
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      £5.05 GBP or more 

     

1.
The Beginning 02:00
2.
Thoughts From Long Ago 04:28
3.
How It Was 02:48
4.
Days & Days 03:44
5.
Never Repeat It 04:17
6.
A Different Way 05:03
7.
Train Vignette 03:27
8.
What Was It Like? 03:46
9.
Have We Forgotten? 04:23
10.
Tickertape 04:56

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June 2022 Review from
www.herecomestheflood.com/2022/07/adam-irving-bespoken.html

Adam Irving never makes the same album twice. After the pop-rock record Tomorrow & Tomorrow and the piano-driven Baby Rhino, he now sets sail for a trip of fast-paced spoken word wrapped in minimal flourishes. Bespoken is a dense listening experience. His speed-story telling will require to repeated plays to make out all the words. Early buyers of the CD are in luck, because the first 500 come with a stapled zine with all the lyrics, but they will have some trouble with figuring out Never Repeat It that been typeset in a circle.

Irving used to distribute his books of poetry and short stories for free, calling it droplifting, inserting his works in newspapers and magazines. With this album he circles back to those days, foregoing rhymes, but letting the flow of his words to do the talking - DIY avant-garde celebrating the voice as the vessel for his music, while he talks about Sleater-Kinney and Friends in Days & Days, and walnuts to would require Peter Gabriel's Sledgehammer to crack in A Different Way. Where will he go next? Chances are that he doesn't know yet himself, but it will be interesting again for sure.

Review by Hans Werksman

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released June 1, 2022

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Adam Irving Manchester, UK

Adam Irving has been performing live since the age of thirteen. He has, at various times played drums, guitar, bass and double bass in duos, trios and bands and has performed all over the UK and Europe. He is currently performing as a solo artist promoting his nine solo albums. ... more

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