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I finally got round to seeing  Withered Hand  recently, and when asked by a friend to describe what it was like I must admit I struggled. After wrestling with expressions like 'deliberately lo-fi' and 'artfully artless' - which apply to the early recordings and not the live sound - the only thing I felt comfortable setting in stone was 'game changer'.  As someone who attempts to write my own songs from time to time, every so often I come across tracks that as well as simple liking I actually wish I'd written myself.  Hearing these songs can either be an [...]

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