Glen Hansard doesn't mind striking while the iron's hot. Just on a month after his regular band, The Frames, released a 25-year best-of compilation, up pops a solo record.
Luckily it's a pretty good one for the Irish folk crooner, packed full of what we've come to expect. There are plenty of acoustic guitars, neat melodies and thoughtful lyrics as Hansard takes another haunted trip down memory lane. Although some tracks are too understated for their own good, big songs like Winning Streak, Her Mercy, My Little Ruin and single, Lowly Deserter, deliver the goods and make this well worth a listen.
