Mac McNaughton, Journalist

Closer With All My Love lovingly pays tribute to the fragile production on Talk Talk’s seminal Spirit Of Eden and is worthy of admission price alone.

Sole original member Naoko Yamano’s vocals remain yelpy yet youthful, making Overdrive a fine entry point to newcomers while satiating the punky appetites of the fans.

"This album is sounding fucking sexy."

Kiss Me Once is the kind of important album that anyone forced to live in the closet can cling to as they wait for the day they can burst out and sing, “When I got my back up against the wall/Don’t need no one to rescue me”.

He may forever be trying to break free of the shadow of his classic Endtroducing/Private Press period but as he reminded us when recovering from an earlier technical hitch: “‘Keep looking forward’- that’s my motto.”

Another parasol on the party beach courtesy of Gold Coast producer Mike Perry, Julian is a more restrained, almost basic piece of skippity club tropicalia than we’ve come to expect from Paces.