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A decent solo debut from the Gomez singer, full of acoustic charm.
Familiar to a faithful following as the most recognisable voice in Mercury Prize-winning Southport five-piece Gomez, Ben Ottewell has ventured far further than Manchester’s Piccadilly station – the subject of a right ol’ whipping, you may recall – to record his debut solo album. All the way to Los Angeles, in fact, where he worked alongside co-producer Will Golden and, subsequently, Liars and Warpaint mixer Tom Biller to shape these nine tracks into their final forms. Not exactly touched by the Californian rays in terms of tone, there’s a definite difference between the mischievousness of Gomez, particularly on their first two LPs, and this rather more mature and heartfelt set.