{"id":41299,"date":"2018-10-17T11:33:39","date_gmt":"2018-10-17T10:33:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/?p=41299"},"modified":"2018-10-19T17:50:21","modified_gmt":"2018-10-19T16:50:21","slug":"ask-the-family-blancmange-wows-with-dystopian-masterpiece-wanderlust","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/2018\/10\/ask-the-family-blancmange-wows-with-dystopian-masterpiece-wanderlust\/","title":{"rendered":"Ask The Family – Blancmange Wows With Dystopian Masterpiece ‘Wanderlust’"},"content":{"rendered":"

If\u00a0 you follow Neil Arthur on Instagram<\/a> you’ll be familar with his posts where he photographs an obscure object and asks his followers what it’s a picture of – mostly with the caption, “Ask the family?”. The answers are many and varied, but always showing humour and thought, sometimes spot on and sometimes wide of the mark.<\/strong><\/h4>\n

‘Wanderlust’ is the latest album from Neil, aka Blancmange, now performing alone since Stephen Luscombe had to stop touring or recording back in 2011 due to illness. It is, to this listener, much like his Instagram posts: multifaceted, multi-layered, deep and voluminous, open to many different interpretations.<\/p>\n

The album comprises ten tracks all written by Arthur, and arranged, co-produced, and mixed with Benge, known for his work with Wrangler\/Creep Show, at his Memetune Studios, Cornwall. It’s not the first time the pair have worked together: they have a collaborative project, “Fader”, from which came their debut album, ‘First Light’, in June last year. Benge also worked on ‘Unfurnished Rooms’, Blancmange’s album released just over a year ago.<\/p>\n