Brendan Telford, Journalist

Whilst The Messenger never feels average, it doesn’t rise far above the watermark either.

“I’m there trying to make the craziest, fucked-up sounds with my band, and vibing off the band, and creating something, like a fucking musician."

The Flower Lane succeeds because of its ambitions to explore the various lush realms of electronic pop.

“I don’t like having things out of print, so if I can re-release things that’s great. When things sell out, why not make them available?"

“There are two songs that have been inspired directly from existential thoughts brought on by a time in my life when I was having an emotional, destructive relationship; they form something of a memoir.”

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.

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.

Unfortunately, Open Season is ethereal beauty, but beyond the surface lies vacuousness without the hooks and character necessary to sustain further listens.

"Social Clubs sounds easy, and is easy to like, yet such amiability is incredibly difficult to manufacture. The Ocean Party do it with ease."