Reviews / Album

Most of the album’s problems stem from the fact that it’s too cluttered.

If Christopher were a person, he’d be someone you’d always see out on the town, drunk and complaining about a new unrequited love.

With like-minded soul Justin Vernon paving the way, Big Inner is proof that White not only has the nous to attempt such an ambitious project, but the nuance and warmth to turn it into an album of the ages.

Unlike many of his contemporaries, Menace has created an album that could easily – and brilliantly – come together live on stage with a full band.

If you want a voice of clarity, reason and truth, then sit back and let Jessie Ware glide right over you.

Most kudos goes to the closing title track (about the death of his mother). It will slay you – it’s possibly the best song ever written that conveys the emotions of losing someone close to you.

The up-tempo driving rock of No Fairy Tale does suggest that she still has a lot to give.

The band truly gel while tearing through the big riffs on album highlight South Paw, a song given space to breathe, showing what could have been if they had done that for all these tracks.

m b v needed to be a record we were happy to have rather than one we could have done without and it’s a welcome addition to the small My Bloody Valentine canon.

I Am Kloot may not have the popularity or sales figures of their Mancunian counterparts, but another solid showing here proves them to be no less consistent or charming.