Album Review: LoneLady - Hinterland

24 March 2015 | 4:04 pm | Christopher H James

"I will eat my underpants if this doesn't see Campbell written into David Byrne's will."

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Julie Ann Campbell’s Warp-backed debut may have slipped under the radar, but history doesn’t seem likely to repeat itself.

Hinterland is nothing less than a revelation. Revolving around the theme of inner landscapes – psycho-geography if you like – Hinterland impresses with supple, resourceful songwriting layered over anxious post-punk rhythms; a tight mesh of meticulously arranged instruments that sounds like Gang Of Four jamming with Talking Heads in an abandoned warehouse. I will eat my underpants if this doesn't see Campbell written into David Byrne's will.