Review of The Year
The Aurora Borealis is an awe-inspiring sight and it’s not a shock to learn a band would be motivated to write a song about it.
Opener Northern Lights, written and recorded in Wester Ross, begins with a sample of a 1950s novel read by Charlie Simpson that grows into a delivery over traditional bagpipes and then leaping into as powerful piece of folk-rock as you could wish for.
The album takes you from Ivor Cutler, through The Stooges, Velvet Underground and Dylan to a dose of moody surf-pop, all with that underlying folk twist.
Their work has ended up in its dark and sprawling state unintentionally. It has chaos and energy galore.
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