Sky At Night

On their fifth album, Manchester’s I Am Kloot once again look to the sky and the weather for inspiration, even as they decide it may be better to stay indoors. Debut album Natural History (2001) found the group performing songs inspired by morning rain and sunshine hitting snow, while its successor, 2003’s brilliant I Am Kloot, contained a memorable song about a favorite sky. Singer-guitarist John Bramwell’s favorite sky would seem to be that found in the northwest of England, its brooding canopy lending a rain-soaked aura to the music composed beneath it. In a promotional video the band have posted on their website, Bramwell suggests that there exists “a kind of melancholy uplift to a lot of music that comes from Manchester” and that “the rain has got something to do with it.”

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