Unexpectedly great solo music

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The first Preston School of Industry album is incredible as well

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ā€œThe drummerā€™s solo albumā€ isnā€™t a phrase which is that likely to get too many people excited, but the ā€œCastle Of Crimeā€ album that David Narcizo of Throwing Muses did under the name Lakuna is worth a listen.

This all day for me

Nicola Roberts solo career as well

Christ alive, the ā€˜personal lifeā€™ section on her wikipedia page is pretty bleak. Never knew.

Personal life
Despite a large amount of success as part of Girls Aloud, Roberts found time away from her family increasingly difficult; but, after her parents divorced and conflicts with her boyfriend, she found herself in a depressed state.[18] Her hectic schedule led her to dissolve relations with family members and, after stating her frustration at her living situation, she started frequently returning to her home town of Runcorn, Cheshire.[67] Her work life and home life saw her split into two different personalities; despite appreciating a career in the music industry, the conflicts with her personal life made her question her career.[67]

Throughout her music career Roberts was coping with hypoglycemia which restricted what foods she could eat; whilst spending time on the road touring, she found it difficult not to indulge in convenience food.[68] Her illness was diagnosed after extensive touring in which time Roberts complained of weakness and sickness which made it difficult to perform live concerts.[68]

Whilst performing on Girls Aloudā€™s Tangled Up Tour, Robertsā€™ dog Elvis died just months after he was given as a gift to her. She found his death troubling and struggled to cope as she was on tour at the time.

Not unexpected but Tim Wheelers solo album is great and a touching records about losing his father to dementia.

On the bonus disc thereā€™s also this which is a song about growing up during the troubles in Northern Ireland done in a very literal and direct way which is interesting not something Iā€™d heard before.