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It's kind of cheating to so heavily use a perfect Mazzy Star song. But this is fucking lovely so who cares.

The high ratings here are surely based on goodwill. At points this feels a bit like listening to the soundtrack of an amateur musical. I don't think they've got to grips with this new iteration yet. When it gels though, it reminds you why they've built up their following. Hopefully there's better to come.

With each album there are fewer highs but also fewer lows. The singing is less obnoxious this time, though he sounds a bit like Liam Gallagher emerging from a long coma. Why do all Windmill bands insist on having vocalists who make you want to saw your own ears off? Here, they mediate it at points with some nice female vocals which is a clever touch.

Anyway, this is their best record and peaks with the last two songs.

Twigs has always left me a bit cold but this is great. My one reservation is i wish she leant into some of the more adventurous sounds like the track with Koreless. As it is, a lot of the most exciting stuff happens towards the songs', er, climaxes. Which is fitting i guess, given the theme.