John Cale - POPtical Illusion Can We Please Have Fun ” — Matt Sweeney

” — Matt Sweeney

His recordings as Unknown Mortal Orchestra

It is Alfie’s 4th full-length album as a solo artist and comes hot on the heels of last year's ‘Absentee’

Unique among their furrowed brow peers

As the 1970s began to wane and the 1980s approached

John Cale - POPtical Illusion Can We Please Have Fun ” — Matt SweeneyDespite the albums playful title, John Cales second album in just over a year still contains the same feelings of fierce and inquisitive rage that were present in 2023 album, MERCY. He remains angry, still incensed by the wilful destruction that unchecked capitalists and unrepentant conmen have hoisted upon the wonders of this world and the goodness of its people. But this is not at all MERCY II, or some collection of castoffs, as, throughout his