Gareth Grundy 

Cornershop featuring Bubbley Kaur: Cornershop and the Double-O Groove Of – review

Gareth Grundy enjoys another gem from one of Britain most charmingly idiosyncratic bands
  
  


"Brimful of Asha" might have been the worst thing to happen to Cornershop, the 1997 hit unfairly pegging them as an Anglo-Asian novelty rather than one of Britain's most charmingly idiosyncratic bands. In recent years this has meant low-key gems such as 2009's Judy Sucks a Lemon have been overlooked, and the same fate may meet this, their equally fine sixth album, fronted by singer Bubbley Kaur, a newcomer whom band leader Tjinder Singh discovered working in a Preston launderette. She first appeared on one-off 2004 single "Topknot", and its sound – Punjabi folk meets ramshackle funk – provides the excellent template for proceedings here.

 

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