It’s no secret that Oxford has long been an idealised location for film sets; official-looking SUVs with blacked-out windows and attendants in high vis parading up and down Catte Street and around the Rad Cam are a not-unfamiliar sight.
Ideally, we should strike a balance; an awareness of the reality of life at Oxford can co-exist with an appreciation of its grand architecture and historical atmosphere.
As ambitious with new sounds as with breaking the rules of spelling, punctuation, and grammar for album titles, Merrill Garbus AKA tUnE-yArDs delivers a promising release in Nikki Nack