Blog: The Daily Growl

Name game

Mar 5, 2010, 8:41pm The Daily Growl
There are loads of ways to reinvent a band, but surely the easiest is to just change the name. It worked for the Kaiser Chiefs. It may well work for Ex Lion Tamers who obviously thought a new name would suit them better, so called themselves Wild Palms. Good move. ...
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Artist:Wild Palms
Title:Human Behaviour
Link Text:Wild Palms - Human Behaviour
File Name:03 Human Behaviour.mp3
Bitrate:160 kbps

Dark Knight

Mar 3, 2010, 8:19pm The Daily Growl
Drivetime. The time to leave work, get into the car and turn on the radio. There a DJ will keep you lightly entertained with smooth MOR tunes and some inane chat all the way home. I like to think there's another reality where people will slide in a Mat Riviere ...
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Save BBC 6 Music

Mar 3, 2010, 7:11pm The Daily Growl
So it's official. The rumours were true. The BBC wants to kill 6 Music. No surprise after last Friday's leaked story, but it's been interesting to actually see the report that recommends the closure, and infuriating to see Mark Thomson trying to justify it on TV today. The problem with ...
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Not Squares

Feb 26, 2010, 4:55pm The Daily Growl
not squares - asylum
Not Squares seem like regular kinda guys. The sort of guys you might expect to find in a regular Belfast pub. They don't look like posers. They're the sort of guys who'll just pop their hoods up and get on with business. Which is just fine, because then you can ...
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Artist:Not Squares
Title:Asylum
Link Text:Not Squares - Asylum
File Name:Asylum.mp3

Tristram

Feb 24, 2010, 6:38pm The Daily Growl
It seems like another age now, but back in early January I spent a very pleasant half hour one lunchtime at Pure Groove watching Tristram play a sparkling lunchtime set. My memory is a little clouded, but through the sleepless haze I can remember the place being unusually full for ...
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Artist:Tristram
Title:Someone Told Me A Poem (live)
Link Text:Tristram - Someone Told Me a Poem (live)
File Name:01_poem.mp3
Bitrate:192 kbps
Year:2009

Baby, I'm back

Feb 20, 2010, 3:30am The Daily Growl
IS TROPICAL - When O' When [2009]
Hello. I'm back from my self-imposed exile from blogging. My paternity leave ended this week, so now my life has become a whole lot easier, hence my return to here. It's been a funny old three weeks, but I'll not bore you with all the baby stuff. Suffice to say ...
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MAP February

Feb 20, 2010, 3:27am The Daily Growl
Given my total absence from this blog over the past three weeks, I don't suppose it'll be any surprise to hear that I didn't have time to contribute to this month's MAP either. So for the second month in a row, my England contribution comes ghostwritten by MAP organiser Jason ...
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Link Text:Ashes
File Name:Moon_And_Sun_-_Ashes_-_Netherl ands.mp3
Bitrate:192 kbps
Artist:Atkinson-La Banda
Title:País Tropical
Link Text:Pais Tropical
File Name:Atkinson-PaisTropical(Venezuel a).mp3
Bitrate:256 kbps
Year:2009
Artist:Autumn Owls
Title:Raindrops in the River
Link Text:Raindrops In The River
File Name:Autumn_Owls_-_Raindrops_in_the _River_Ireland.mp3
Bitrate:128 kbps
Year:2008
Artist:Barthol Lo Mejor
Title:Windshield Pfeiffer
Link Text:Windshield Pfeiffer
File Name:Barthol_Lo_Mejor_-_Windshield_ Pfeiffer_-_Estonia.mp3
Bitrate:320 kbps
Year:2009
Artist:barulhista
Title:indieota
Link Text:Indieota
File Name:Barulhista_-_Indieota_-_Brazil .mp3
Bitrate:192 kbps
Year:2009
Artist:Before The Show
Title:Gabriel
Link Text:Gabriel
File Name:Before_The_Show_-_Gabriel_-_De nmark.mp3
Bitrate:192 kbps
Year:2009
Artist:Eloisa Lopez
Title:Espiral
Link Text:Espiral
File Name:EloisaLopez-Espiral(Argentina) .mp3
Bitrate:192 kbps
Year:2009
Artist:Estereotypo
Title:The big fake
Link Text:The Big Fake
File Name:The big fake.mp3
Bitrate:192 kbps
Year:2010
Artist:Etten
Title:Clockwork skies
Link Text:Clockwork Skies
File Name:Etten_-_Clockwork_Skies_-_Gree ce.mp3
Bitrate:320 kbps
Year:2009
Artist:Foto Na Dans and Flash Republic
Title:Afrikaans
Link Text:Afrikaans
File Name:Foto_Na_Dans_Flash_Republic_-_ Afrikaans_-_South_Africa.mp3
Bitrate:256 kbps
Artist:Furland
Title:Quiero Ser Un Color
Link Text:Quiero Ser Un Color
File Name:furland_-_quiero_ser_un_color. mp3
Year:2009
Artist:Jasmin Jones
Title:Lost in Rainbows
Link Text:Lost In Rainbows
File Name:Jasmin_Jones_-_Lost_In_Rainbow s_-_Portugal.mp3
Bitrate:128 kbps
Artist:Jose Vanders
Title:For Now
Link Text:For Now
File Name:Jose_Vanders_-_For_Now_-_Engla nd.mp3
Bitrate:199 kbps
Year:2009
Artist:Kiki Pau
Title:an old song
Link Text:An Old Song
File Name:Kiki_Pau_An_Old_Song_Finland.m p3
Bitrate:192 kbps
Artist:Kite Club
Title:Royal Gums
Link Text:Royal Gums
File Name:02-Royal-Gums-1.mp3
Bitrate:128 kbps
Artist:Kumm
Title:Pop song
Link Text:Pop Song
File Name:kumm_-_pop_songromania.mp3
Bitrate:214 kbps
Year:2009
Artist:København Store
Title:Strangers
Link Text:Strangers
File Name:Kobenhavn_Store_-_Strangers.mp 3
Bitrate:192 kbps
Year:2010
Artist:LITE
Title:The Sun Sank
Link Text:The Sun Sank
File Name:LITE - The Sun Sank (JAPAN).mp3
Bitrate:128 kbps
Year:2009
Artist:Mammút
Title:Svefnsýkt
Link Text:Svefnsykt
File Name:Mammut_-_Svefnsykt_-_Iceland.m p3
Bitrate:192 kbps
Year:2008
Artist:Moreno
Title:Pica
Link Text:Pica
File Name:Moreno_-_Pica_-_Chile.mp3
Bitrate:128 kbps
Artist:Mosaic
Title:Sunshine Train
Link Text:Sunshine Train
File Name:mosaice-sunshinetrain-china.mp 3
Bitrate:192 kbps
Artist:Napoli is Not Nepal
Title:People Call it Mantra
Link Text:People Call It Mantra
File Name:NapoliIsNotNepal-PeopleCallItM antra(Germany).mp3
Bitrate:196 kbps
Year:2009
Artist:Noush Like Sploosh
Title:3 Act Circus
Link Text:3 Act Circus
File Name:Noush Like Sploosh - 3 Act Circus (India).mp3
Bitrate:320 kbps
Artist:Novels
Title:05 No Hard Feelings
Link Text:No Hard Feelings
File Name:Novels-NoHardFeelings.mp3
Bitrate:160 kbps
Year:2009
Artist:Pumice
Title:Greenock
Link Text:Greenock
File Name:Pumice - Greenock (New Zealand).mp3
Bitrate:231 kbps
Artist:Rafo De la Cuba
Title:freak profesional
Link Text:Freak Profesional
File Name:Rafo_De_La_Cuba_-_Freak_Profes ional_-_Peru.mp3
Bitrate:192 kbps
Artist:Rayo & Toby
Title:Manitas Magicas
Link Text:Manitas Mágicas
File Name:Manitas-Magicas-Rayo-TobY.mp3
Bitrate:160 kbps
Year:2010
Artist:RNRM
Title:zsa zsa zsu
Link Text:Zsa Zsa Zsu
File Name:RNRM_Zsa_Zsa_Zsu_Indonesia_Dea throckstar.mp3
Bitrate:192 kbps
Year:2007
Artist:Satine
Title:Iron Gum
Link Text:Iron Güm
File Name:Satine_Irongum.mp3
Bitrate:193 kbps
Artist:Staphan O'Bell
Title:From my rooftop
Link Text:On The Rooftop
File Name:rooftop.mp3
Bitrate:192 kbps
Year:2010
Artist:Stellarium
Title:Chocolate & Strawberry
Link Text:Chocolate & Strawberry
File Name:stellarium-chocolate-strawberr y-singapore.mp3
Bitrate:320 kbps
Year:2009
Artist:Team Me
Title:Weathervanes and chemicals
Link Text:Weathervanes And Chemicals
File Name:Team_me-Weathervanes_and_chemi cals_Norway.mp3
Bitrate:256 kbps
Year:2010
Artist:The Pony
Title:Disturbance
Link Text:Disturbance
File Name:The_Pony_-_Disturbance_-_South _Korea.mp3
Bitrate:192 kbps
Year:2009
Artist:Toro Y Moi
Title:Thanks Vision
Link Text:Thanks Vision
File Name:06 Thanks Vision.mp3
Bitrate:264 kbps
Year:2010
Artist:Werd
Title:Breakdown
Link Text:Breakdown
File Name:Werd_-_Breakdown_-_Scotland.mp 3
Bitrate:210 kbps
Year:2009

Caitlin Rose interview

Feb 20, 2010, 3:27am The Daily Growl
I had heard good things about Caitlin Rose before, but my first live encounter was still startling. Sandwiched between two Local stalwarts at their Christmas bash in December, her voice stood out starkly - pure, clear and strong, singing her fine songs and a few choice covers, all with a ...
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Artist:Caitlin Rose
Title:Shotgun Wedding
Link Text:Caitlin Rose - Shotgun Wedding
File Name:01 Shotgun Wedding.mp3
Bitrate:192 kbps
Year:2007

Baby, you're my light

Feb 1, 2010, 2:41pm The Daily Growl
I've not been very busy on here recently. Some of you may even have wondered where I've been. The picture above may provide some clues. I had so much stuff to post last week, but it never happened. But I make no apologies for further absence, I'm happy with the ...
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Artist:Fleet Foxes
Title:Oliver James
Link Text:Fleet Foxes - Oliver James
File Name:11 Oliver James.mp3
Bitrate:192 kbps
Year:2008

Brutal or boring?

Jan 22, 2010, 7:11pm The Daily Growl
Romance Is Boring by Los Campesinos! from Los Campesinos! on Vimeo. There's something about Los Campesinos! that doesn't quite agree with me. I mean, I loved You! Me! Dancing! as much as the next literate lovelorn indie fan, but the three albums that followed have left me a little cold. That ...
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Young and Lost Club competition!

Jan 22, 2010, 8:13am The Daily Growl
The excellent Young and Lost Club records have long been a fertile breeding ground for great new music, and occasionally the stars of tomorrow. In the past they've put out the first records by Noah and the Whale, Johnny Flynn and Fear of Flying (who as you know became White ...
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Artist:Lord Auch
Title:...To The Shithouse
Link Text:Lord Auch - &to the Shithouse
File Name:to the Shithouse.mp3
Bitrate:192 kbps
Year:2009
Artist:Lord Auch
Title:Grassfingers
Link Text:Lord Auch - Grassfingers
File Name:Lord Auch - Grassfingers.mp3
Bitrate:160 kbps
Artist:Othello Woolf
Title:Stand - Astronomer Remix
Link Text:Othello Woolf - Stand (Astronomer remix)
File Name:Othello Woolf - Stand - Astronomer Remix.mp3
Bitrate:160 kbps
Artist:Othello Woolf
Title:Stand - Golden Silvers Remix
Link Text:Othello Woolf - Stand (Golden Silvers remix)
File Name:Othello Woolf - Stand - Golden Silvers Remix.mp3
Bitrate:160 kbps

Stairs to Korea - All of Your Friends

Jan 19, 2010, 6:55pm The Daily Growl
Stairs To Korea - "All Of Your Friends" Download Single 11th January 2010
He's back! Awesome bearded one-man band and king of the offbeat tweets, Stairs to Korea returns with another single on the all conquering Brainlove records. All of Your Friends was the highlight of the set when I saw him recently, and is another in the gradual drip-feed of fine pieces ...
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Artist:Stairs To Korea
Title:All Of Your Friends (Live Dreamtrak Session)
Link Text:Stairs to Korea - All of Your Friends (live Dreamtrak session)
File Name:All Of Your Friends (Live Dreamtrak Session).mp3
Bitrate:320 kbps

Go Green

Jan 18, 2010, 7:06pm The Daily Growl
It's too late to talk about the BBC's Sound of 2010 now, but I can talk about the artists who I nominated, since none of them were popular enough to make the list. The longest shot of all three votes was Liz Green, the publicity-shy, Manchester-based singer songwriter has only ...
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Artist:Liz Green
Title:Grinnin' In Your Face (live on BBC 6 Music)
Link Text:Liz Green - Grinnin in your Face (live on BBC 6 Music)
File Name:02 Grinnin' In Your Face (live on BB.mp3
Bitrate:192 kbps
Year:2009
Artist:Liz Green
Title:Lewis (live on BBC 6 Music)
Link Text:Liz Green - Lewis (live on BBC 6 Music)
File Name:01 Lewis (live on BBC 6 Music).mp3
Bitrate:192 kbps
Year:2009

MAP January

Jan 16, 2010, 7:13pm The Daily Growl
I'm not in this month's MAP, though the eagle-eyed among you may want to query that. "Look", you say, "a little Daily Growl entry for England, just like usual". But no my friends, no. Because of all the hospital shenanigans at the start of the month, I never got round ...
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Link Text:Aggressive
File Name:Malcontent_-_Aggressive_-_Port ugal.mp3
Bitrate:192 kbps
Link Text:Warm
File Name:Apollo_18_-_Warm_-_South_Korea .mp3
Artist:2 Minuts d'Odi
Title:Ciudad de dios
Link Text:Cuidad De Dios
File Name:Ciudad-de-dios.mp3
Bitrate:160 kbps
Artist:Aievea
Title:Joy of Life
Link Text:Joy Of Life
File Name:aievea-joy-of-life-romania.mp3
Bitrate:320 kbps
Year:2009
Artist:Ashtray Electric
Title:Lia
Link Text:Lia
File Name:Ashtray_Electric_-_Lia_-_South _Africa.mp3
Bitrate:192 kbps
Artist:Bloodgroup
Title:My Arms
Link Text:My Arms
File Name:Bloodgroup_-_My_Arms_-_Iceland .mp3
Bitrate:256 kbps
Year:2009
Artist:Catalina Vin
Title:Caleidoscope
Link Text:Caleidoscope
File Name:CatalinaVin-Caleidoscope(Argen tina).mp3
Bitrate:192 kbps
Artist:Cours Lapin
Title:Cache Cache
Link Text:Cache Cache
File Name:Cours_Lapin_-_Cache_Cache_-_De nmark.mp3
Bitrate:192 kbps
Year:2009
Artist:Curumin
Title:Vem Menina
Link Text:Vem Menina
File Name:curumin_-_vem_menina_-_brasil. mp3
Bitrate:256 kbps
Year:2005
Artist:De Janeiros
Title:Montreal
Link Text:Montreal
File Name:De_Janeiros_-_Montreal_-_Chile .mp3
Bitrate:320 kbps
Year:2010
Artist:El Pacto
Title:Hyperdance En La Curva De San Pablo
Link Text:Hyperdance En La Curva De San Pablo
File Name:ElPacto-Hyperdanceenlacurvades anpablo(Venezuela).mp3
Artist:Exposed by observers
Title:In my skin
Link Text:In My Skin
File Name:Exposed_by_observers_-_In_my_s kin_-_Greece.mp3
Bitrate:320 kbps
Year:2009
Artist:Galleries
Title:Underground Overground
Link Text:Underground Overground
File Name:Galleries_-_Underground_Overgr ound_-_Scotland.mp3
Bitrate:160 kbps
Year:2010
Artist:Get Well Soon
Title:5 Steps 7 Swords
Link Text:5 Steps / 7 Swords
File Name:GetWellSoon-5Steps7Swords(Germ any).mp3
Bitrate:320 kbps
Year:2010
Artist:green blossoms
Title:hana akari
Link Text:Hana Akari
File Name:Green Blossoms - hana akari (JAPAN).mp3
Bitrate:192 kbps
Artist:Hong Kong Blood Opera
Title:Cansei De Ser Gangsta
Link Text:Cansei De Ser Gangsta
File Name:hkbo_-_cansei_de_ser_gangsta.m p3
Bitrate:256 kbps
Year:2009
Artist:I Am The Cosmos
Title:Remembering You
Link Text:Remembering You
File Name:I_Am_The_Cosmos_-_Remembering_ You_IRELAND.mp3
Bitrate:192 kbps
Artist:Ibrahim Maalouf
Title:Souma Hia
Link Text:Souma Hia
File Name:Ibrahim_Maalouf-Souma_Hia.mp3
Bitrate:192 kbps
Artist:JENNY BJÖRKQVIST
Title:to heal your wounds
Link Text:To Heal Your Wounds
File Name:To_heal_your_wounds.mp3
Bitrate:256 kbps
Artist:La Mente
Title:La Problema
Link Text:La Problema
File Name:La_Mente_-_La_Problema_-_Peru. mp3
Bitrate:128 kbps
Artist:Leif Vollebekk
Title:Quebec
Link Text:Quebec
File Name:LeifVollebekk-Quebec.mp3
Bitrate:192 kbps
Year:2009
Artist:PK14
Title:錯過了
Link Text:Cuo Guo Le
File Name:[china]pk14_-_cuo_guo_le.mp3
Bitrate:192 kbps
Year:2008
Artist:Port-Royal
Title:The Photoshopped Prince
Link Text:The Photoshopped Prince
File Name:Port-Royal_-_The_Photoshopped_ Prince.mp3
Year:2009
Artist:Sacred Harp
Title:Next Time Too
Link Text:Next Time Too
File Name:Sacred_Harp-Next_Time_Too(Norw ay).mp3.mp3
Bitrate:192 kbps
Year:2009
Artist:Seekae
Title:Void
Link Text:Void
File Name:02-seekae-void1.mp3
Bitrate:192 kbps
Year:2008
Artist:Seringai
Title:Mengadili Persepsi (Bermain Tuhan) [feat. Juanita Dewiana]
Link Text:Mengadili Persepsi (Bermain Tuhan)
File Name:04 Mengadili Persepsi (Bermain Tuhan) [feat. Juanita Dewiana].mp3
Bitrate:192 kbps
Year:2007
Artist:Seven Degrees
Title:Shadows In The Dark
Link Text:Shadows In The Dark
File Name:Seven Degrees - Shadows In The Dark (India).mp3
Year:2010
Artist:Sherene's Closet
Title:Stereo Loud
Link Text:Stereo Loud
File Name:sherenes-closet-stereo-loud-si ngapore.mp3
Bitrate:160 kbps
Year:1998
Artist:The Mint Chicks
Title:Crush
Link Text:Crush
File Name:The Mint Chicks - Crush.mp3
Bitrate:320 kbps
Year:2009
Artist:The Wooden Constructions
Title:No No Hiphop
Link Text:No No (Hip Hop)
File Name:The_Wooden_Constructions_-_No_ No_Hiphop_-_Netherlands.mp3
Bitrate:128 kbps
Year:2009
Artist:Thomas Western
Title:Your Front Door
Link Text:Your Front Door
File Name:Thomas_Western_-_Your_Front_Do or_-_England.mp3
Bitrate:128 kbps
Year:2008
Artist:UNCANDY
Title:Lovecool
Link Text:Lovecool
File Name:UNCANDY_-_Lovecool_-_Estonia.m p3
Bitrate:128 kbps
Year:2009
Artist:Vikesh Kapoor
Title:Mack the Knife
Link Text:Mack The Knife
File Name:03 Mack the Knife 1.mp3
Bitrate:160 kbps
Year:2009
Artist:Vishnudata
Title:Silver Falls (radio edit)
Link Text:Silver Falls feat. Suho Superstar (radio edit)
File Name:Vishnudata_Silver_Falls_(Finla nd).mp3
Bitrate:256 kbps

Don't look back

Jan 16, 2010, 4:28pm The Daily Growl
The last time I came across Zombie Zombie, they were soundtracking my late-night drive to dystopia. I'm pleased to bump into them again, this time bringing their excellent Krauty electronics to bear down upon a song by their fellow-countrymen Yeti Lane, and inject their space pop with the heebie jeebies. mp3: ...
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Artist:Yeti Lane
Title:Only One Look (Zombie Zombie Mix)
Link Text:Yeti Lane - One One Look (Zombie Zombie remix)
File Name:Only One Look.mp3
Bitrate:128 kbps

Jay Reatard RIP

Jan 15, 2010, 5:05pm The Daily Growl
There have been the odd occasions where I've passed up opportunities to see musical legends and then regretted it when they passed away. Similarly, there are many times when I could have gone to see Jay Reatard, but didn't. But then, when someone is only 29, you always expect there ...
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Artist:Jay Reatard
Title:Always Wanting More
Link Text:Jay Reatard - Always Wanting More
File Name:05 Always Wanting More.mp3
Bitrate:192 kbps
Year:2008

Catch me if you can

Jan 14, 2010, 7:24pm The Daily Growl
I'm easing myself back into proper blogging with this pleasing little oddity, an Alan Pownall remix by cool kids Monarchy. Like the Pet Shop Boys, it manages to stay on the right side of cheese, and it's goodness is largely due to the quality of the original song. It won't ...
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Artist:Alan Pownall
Link Text:Alan Pownall - Chasing Time (Monarchy Winter on Polaris remix)
File Name:Chasing Time (Monarchy 'Winter on Polaris' remix).mp3

50 tracks of 2009

Jan 11, 2010, 7:13pm The Daily Growl
Right, this 2009 stuff has to stop here. There's a whole lot of reasons (well one big one) why this list is so late, but no need to go into that, and now I just want to get it over with. So no double-checking to see if it really is ...
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New Year: unfinished business

Jan 5, 2010, 4:07am The Daily Growl
Hello again and Happy New Year. Hope you're enjoying the nice cold weather. Before I begin in earnest, I've got some unfinished business. A combination of apathy then some unexpected stuff happening last week meant that I never got round to posting my top tracks of 2009. So at the ...
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Happy Christmas

Dec 25, 2009, 6:52pm The Daily Growl
Everything's been running late this season. Right up to yesterday. I was all set to do my usual Christmas Eve post, and the pre-Christmas preparations were going well. Until the knife slipped. And Growl Junior got a fever. Things have strugged to keep up since, and only now the house ...
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Artist:Camera Obscura
Title:The Blizzard (live on BBC 6 Music)
Link Text:Camera Obscura - The Blizzard (live on BBC 6 Music)
File Name:Camera Obscura-The Blizzard.mp3
Bitrate:128 kbps
Year:2009
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