New Age Steppers Foundation Steppers 04/08/2022 urgent strings and a staggeringly

urgent strings and a staggeringly good vocal performance make this a real highlight amongst an album of highlights

without the need for too much preparation

The band -- who have been playing together since middle school -- recently played a sold-out show at Brooklyn's Knitting Factory as part of Northside Festival

one minute tapping into the kind of fragile beauty that artists like Elliott Smith managed so well

Preceding their monster “Soft Wind”

New Age Steppers Foundation Steppers 04/08/2022 urgent strings and a staggeringlyThe third New Age Steppers arrived in 1983 and marked a sea change in approach, a warmer sounding record than the two thrilling but abrasive LPs that had preceded it. Part of this was down to frontwoman Ari Up moving to Jamaica and instigating proceedings with a session at the legendary Channel One with Style Scott and a JA horn section, before bringing the tapes back to London for Adrian Sherwood to work on. The other big factor was bringing in Bim