PVA: Do The Mash

byPaul Weedon
January 15, 2026

Embracing the creative potential of imperfection, enigmatic London trio PVA craft a dazzling “battleground of ideas and sounds”

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PVA: Do The Mash

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Paul Weedon

Dean & Britta & Sonic Boom: Up Spruced

Gazelle Twin: Drone Attack

The Art of Noise: This, That, and the Other

New Wave Of New Age

Barry Adamson: The Outsider’s Outsider

Nik Colk Void: Dark Matters

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PVA: Do The Mash

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