Reviews / Album

Lawson and, more importantly, Chapman Square could just be the sleeper hit of the year.

O’Rourke offers another bright facet to turn to amid the pastoral guitar meanderings and sparse beats.

While Ghost Blonde was sticky, immersive and overwhelming, Wait For Pleasure composes of 11 11 distinct, tactile sensations that seem totally opposed yet placed consecutively.

Add Graeme Base’s brilliant artwork and there’s not much to dislike here.

It deserves to be in every blues fan’s collection, and is not for those that just want it for the connection to Tame Impala.

Maybe this puts them on a path to where they want to one day end up.

They merely sound like they’re revelling in this caper, ‘retro rock’ trends be damned. Besides, quality music never goes out of style.

It makes for a refreshing break from all the over-produced electronica that seems to be dominating the airways of late.

An ill advised detour into jazz fusion on Lover’s Resolution never really takes off, but sits as a testament to the ambition coursing through Beam’s wonderfully musical veins.