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Like her forebears Fiona Apple and Giant Drag, Izzy Hagerup puts a distinctly twisty take on indie-rock, and is unafraid of dark emotional truthsFrom ChicagoRecommended if you like Wednesday, Fiona Apple, Giant DragUp next European/UK tour kicks off in MayA word that Prewn, AKA Izzy Hagerup, often uses to describe her music is “dissociation” – the disconnected emotional state embodied by many of the Chicago-born musician’s songs. It’s not an impression anyone would be left with from listening to her bitter, potent take on indie-rock. Hagerup’s guitar lines snake as they thrash; her balladry is grimy and expansive, steered by febrile vocals that recall mid-period Fiona Apple and the drone of the cello she played as a kid. Unexpected moments lurk, such as the shadowy slip into trip-hop on recent single Dirty Dog. Continue reading...

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MANCHESTER UNITED are in a five-way battle to sign AZ Alkmaar midfielder Kees Smit. Red Devils boss Ruben Amorim is looking to beef up his options in the middle of the park. And The Athletic report that United are showing interest in landing Smit, 19, from AZ. But Old Trafford recruitment chiefs are facing a...

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