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(Credits: Far Out \/ Album Cover)<\/p>\n
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I wouldn\u2019t blame you for never having visited Brockley. Most people haven\u2019t, the quaint little district is tucked in between Peckham and Lewisham in southeast London<\/a>, and is known, mostly, for eliciting a laugh out of anyone who first hears the name \u2013 \u201cYou mean, like the vegetable?\u201d \u2013 well, yes, and no.<\/p>\n In my case, I haven\u2019t just visited the area; I\u2019ve also lived there for three years upon my very first move to the big city from a tiny town up north that nobody knows, so I won\u2019t bore you with the name of it. All of this to say: upon my move, everything felt cinematic to me \u2013 Brockley is not exactly known for being the beating heart of the metropolis<\/a>; really, for a spot in zone two of the capital city, it\u2019s surprisingly town-ish.<\/p>\n Peruse any of the streets, and you\u2019ll see new mums with prams and overpriced cappuccinos, tugging a chihuahua along on its leash \u2013 while down the road, Lewisham and New Cross boast more hustle and bustle, and admittedly more danger, Brockley sprawls between plush, green fields and happy, fairy-lit drinking establishments\u2026 Maybe it\u2019s just me, I thought, maybe I\u2019m bright-eyed and bushy-tailed.<\/p>\n To my surprise, Brockley didn\u2019t just strike a chord with me; in fact, it\u2019s the subject of an entire album written by electronic artist Loverground and released in 2022 \u2013 Lewisham Is Home consists of eight tracks that range from nostalgic dreamscapes<\/a>, heavy on chiming keys, to disco and house funk-themed tunes with an undeniable bass. The closing track, \u2018Braxfield Road\u2019, ties everything in a bow by referencing a specific, nondescript street, slap-bang in the middle of the district.<\/p>\n Braxfield Road is, pretty much, famous for absolutely nothing. I suppose that\u2019s the charm; the undeniable feeling that, at any point, the normality of life can transcend beyond you and into the empirically obscure world of art. This is a street like any other street. Until you feel in your bones, as I did, its undeniable charm, you\u2019d think nothing of the spot.<\/p>\n There are other geo-specific shoutouts on the album, too, as a sample in the title track hears collaborator PEM share the instructions for how the listener, who also becomes an eavesdropper on this seemingly intimate explanation, might get to his house. He adds at the end of the groovy song, \u201cThe whole of Lewisham, I\u2019m comfy everywhere, but Ladywell \u2013 I did a lot of finding myself.\u201d<\/p>\n In a similar vein, \u2018Braxfield Road\u2019 begins with the familiar sound of the London Overground tittering in its usual way: \u201cThis is Brockley. This is the London Overground service to Highbury and Islington. The next stop is New Cross Gate.\u201d <\/p>\n The listener is not quite at the album\u2019s destination yet, so Loverground uses an open, expansive sonic landscape to pull you down the happy streets and into his own world, which, happily, is also mine.<\/p>\n At the end of Braxfield Road, one of London\u2019s best fish and chips shops draws in hordes of locals every night. Dozens of yards to the left, Brockley and Ladywell Cemetery provides an atmospheric antithesis to the jolly south London shenanigans of the now-immortalised spot. There, the dead lay to rest. On Lewisham Is Home, Loverground celebrates the living.<\/p>\n
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