Uplifting. That's how i would like to describe this record, a strange, contagious, full of melody little jewel of an album, dancing on the edge of orchestral pop and electronica with a dash of "cheesy" 80s...
Wolf voice sounds like a curious encounter between Lloyd Cole and Abc's Martin Fry...
The title track it is indeed, magic, the following single "Accident & Emergency" is already one of my favorite song of this year as much as "Augustine" and the final "The Stars" where the meeting of violins and synthesizers create something so (i'm repeating myself!) uplifting you'll hardly hold back the tears...
The only disappointment is "Bluebells" where the machines/strings mixture doesn't quite live up to expectations with what sounds like fireworks coming in and out of the chorus. Beside this small glitch though the rest of the album is a great achievement for Wolf that is only 23 years old and judging by this, already closer to the stars.
7,5/10
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