This 5***** review just in from R2 Magazine (Issue 46/July & August).Many thanks to Jeremy Searle.
R2
JONES
*****
To
The Bone
Has
there ever been a more gorgeous introduction to an album than that which starts
‘Phil the Hat’ on Trevor Jones’ latest outing? If there has this reviewer
hasn’t heard it, and the rest of the music never slips from that peak. Jones is
of course one half of perfect popsters Miracle Mile and his musical compadre
Marcus Cliffe is all over this album, making it nearer to Miracle Mile’s sound
than his previous solo outings.
It’s
a masterpiece of subtlety and delicacy - songs to immerse yourself in; late
night listening with a glass of something decent. Every couplet makes you
think, every chorus makes you soar. The sound is richly layered but never
over-polished, the vocals just so, the words exactly right. Writing a review of
an album as good as this feels superfluous, mere gilding of the lily. It
doesn’t need ‘articulating’ or ‘explaining’, its power and beauty is sufficient
in itself. All that needs to be said is that you won’t hear a better album this
year.
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