Album Review: William Elliott Whitmore -- Radium Death

Well, this is a change of direction, isn’t it?

Seems Whitmore has swapped acoustic for electric and picked himself up a full band in the process. Light years from previous albums – notably 2011’s Field Songs, Whitmore (for the most part; there are still banjo-driven tunes like Civilizations) opens up his gravelly voice and wails at the moon. The results are mixed; whereas Field Songs harked back to traditional roots music and delivered brilliantly, Radium Death has grand plans to turn the world on its head but in reaching for the stars falls a little short.