Beauty And Ruin falls short as a masterpiece ... but it quietly lets the handbrake off on Mould’s creativity.
Burn Your Fire for No Witness feels like a big step forward from its predecessor, Half Way Home.
The result is the most accessible Scott Walker album since Tilt, perhaps even longer.
Lewis conducts what navel-gazing there is on The Voyager with her characteristic mordant wit, and she has shed none of her way with an irresistible, deadpan pop melody.