Following the release of their opulent and eloquent new LP 'The Quiet Earth', The Academy Of Sun's Nick Hudson speaks to Patrick Clarke about the influence of lasting Cold War paranoia, and the realities of being a hugely ambitious musician on a DIY budget
Brighton-based songsmith Nick Hudson's Ganymede In A State Of War, the last instalment in a five-album cycle and recorded with a cast of international collaborators, owes as much to Jhonn Balance as it does to Beyoncé and features a "triptych of hate" dedicated to David Cameron. Ben Graham meets him to investigate. Photographs courtesy of Cara Courage
Oliver Cookson sits down with Country Teasers frontman Ben Wallers to discuss ten points of entry into his extensive discography. They also talk "shit production", Kool Keith, Pink Floyd, fear of nuclear annihilation and his infamous 'Spakenkreuz' symbol