New Muse album sounds okay at best to me at the moment. Nothing particularly amazing about it.
On the other hand, the new Jamie T album is something really special. His first album, Panic Prevention, was a great album, and something so different too, but he's gone one step further with the new one, Kings & Queens. There's very little out there that sounds like him, its all very low-key stuff, catchy but different tunes, with his brand of rapped/spoken vocals over the top. Some of the lyrics are brilliant, everything fits beautifully, its proper storytelling, rather than just vocals. Its songwriting to be jealous of.
Its been a while since i've listened to an album and been instantly blown away by it, in fact I think the last time was Get Cape. Wear Cape. Fly's debut album back in '06, but listening to Kings & Queens on the way home from work last night I was sat there with a big smile on my face, and not a lot does that.
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