Coxon has made one of the best albums of his career – a pop record with dangerously anti-social tendencies.
A+E is an album that eschews any refined sounds as Coxon explores his more experimental side and features, without doubt, his most interesting and inventive guitar work since Blur’s 13.
The joyfulness seething through A+E and the wackiness of the thoughts running through Coxon's head are at times captivating
Looking at the scraped-knee photo that features on its cover, you're left wishing the album drew a little more blood to make the stay truly worthwhile.
Despite the quality of the execution, it’s difficult to shake the sense that A+E has been done before.
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