Reviews / Album

2003 all over again.

Play I’m A Bird after a tiring day; put your feet up and relax your aching brow, let your mind drift upon the current of Buckingham’s honey-sweet sound and she’ll take you on a journey home.

Dream Cave presents Cloud Control on a much grander scale and, even though it’s sad that the four kids we met three years ago have moved on, the people that are before us as grown-ups are something just that little bit better.

The first Editors album since the departure of lead guitarist Chris Urbanowicz is, with all due respect, none the worse for his leaving.

It’s an album you can’t place or date; it’s universal, floating through space a cut above the rest.

Once you push past the onslaught of fairly generic rock that presents itself for quite a dominant duration of the album, Sleep Parade prove that they’re able to switch things up a little and write music with a bit of heart.

Paracosm will fuel very different sorts of parties than Within And Without, but it’s still very much designed to be enjoyed with other humans around. Highly recommended.

After burrowing underground for a while, Newsted’s on a mission to reclaim as many fans as possible. This is a fair starting point.

Also an accomplished actor and performer, it’s taken a while for Doillon to get out this English debut – let’s hope there’s more to come.