Gilroy Mere

Furlongs

A journey through the ancient rites of the Sussex countryside with wind chimes, plinky keyboards and infectious acoustic guitar licks proves a triumph, for Travis Elborough

Furlongs by Gilroy Mere

On the cover of Furlongs is an illustration of a young man with not a whisper of a beard on his smooth chin. The hair is a W H Auden-era short back and sides with an unruly cowlick fringe. He is dressed neatly, in a shirt and tie, waistcoat or possibly sweater vest, a sketch pad and pencil in his hand. The man is framed by a pebble-dash wall and a slated windowpane from which he peers out at the world. Reflected on the glass are the green downland hills and...

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