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Second solo album of the year for ex-Hot Club de Paris frontman Paul Rafferty, and also the second to appear under a brand new stage name. But whereas the first of those, Doomshakalaka, was a guitar-focused effort that contained echoes of his former outfit (concision; off-kilter time signatures; taut but powerful storytelling), Ancient Plastix represents something of a new direction. This time we’re in something approaching ambient territory - analogue synth, recorded in real time rather t...