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Article: Hawley is glass act; Ex-Pulp guitarist exploring new sounds: Music By Andy Coleman.

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October 2, 2009
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Byline: Andy Coleman

LISTEN closely to Richard Hawley's new album and you will hear some weird and wonderful sounds being created by some weird and wonderful instruments.

The 42-year-old former Pulp guitarist has used a number of unusual musical contraptions on Truelove's Gutter, his sixth solo album. There is a musical saw, a Cristal Baschet - made up of 54 glass rods - and a glass harmonica which makes a sound similar to rubbing a wet finger around the rim of a crystal glass.

''I've always wanted to use the musical saw because of my grandfather,'' explains Sheffield-based Richard who plays Birmingham Town Hall next Wednesday.

''As ...

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