From the moment that Emily (Hehe) sparks into life, the band’s ‘DIY pop’ approach is clear as a bell; even though this is a bedroom production (with programmed drums and synth squiggles aplenty), its soundscape is a good deal wider than that would suggest.
Some sentences always come with a qualifier. ‘I like Mumford & Sons’ is one of them. They’re one of those bands…
New and thrilling ways of creating pop music are always there to be discovered, and it’s often the oddest or most unconventional artists who strike gold quickest.
There have been plenty of great pop albums this year, but let’s be honest – we were expecting Devotion to trump them all. 110% and Running were singles almost too good not to be backed up by an album of similar quality – and they still manage to benefit from album context. If this album was anything less than the absolute triumph that it is, it would be viewed as a disappointment. Ware set the bar high for herself, but there’s no doubt about her debut album’s quality.
