It’s not every day that jazz and indie music meet, but Wells and Moffat are no everyday musicians. Already award-winners (Scottish Album of the Year for 2012) this follow-up sees the pair progress from downbeat balladeering to a whole slew of genres to back up Moffat’s acidic prose.
There are smoky late-night tales of course, the duo’s stock in trade, but ‘Any Other Mirror’ boasts bossa nova beats, there’s an electropop edge to ‘Eleven Year Glitch’, and Tom Waits-tinged squonk on ‘Lock Up Your Lambs’. All expertly stewarded by Wells and a gaggle of virtuoso musicians. The only question is: where do they head next?
