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The Total Rejection – Everybody Knows What You Don’t Know – Raving Pop Blast (Vinyl LP)

While Stone Roses had a five-year gap between their first and second albums, and the legendary PP Arnold had a 39-year and then 12-year gap between solo album releases, The Total Rejection have their follow-up to their excellent debut Wrapping Yourself in Silver Foil Won’t Protect You from the Blast, written, recorded and ready to go in under 12 months! Not only does their new offering, with a baker’s dozen of blistering tracks, pick up where its predecessor finished, it propels their blend of raw ‘n’ raucous 60s garage, 70s punk and 80s Medway delta tinged sleaze, with more than a hint of Art rock, too. Opening number Slip It To Me sets the bar high as a statement of intent of what is to follow – a slice of scorching