Neil Spencer 

Jim Moray: In Modern History

Jim Moray produces an inspired if erratic fourth album, writes Neil Spencer
  
  


Along with an effortlessly melodic voice, Moray's willingness to experiment has made him one of the brightest, if most controversial, young talents in English folk. His fourth album arrives in a bluster of buzzsaw guitars that bury voice and song ("Bristol Harbour"), and continues with a whimsical spoken-word "Spencer the Rover" that loses the pathos of its famous template. Elsewhere, Moray dazzles, whether on his own "Hard", a tender love lament, or the ancient, ghoulish "Long Lankin". Along the way there are Beatles-eque harmonies, full-blown string arrangements, and a marvellous duet with the Unthanks' Hannah Peel. Inspired but erratic.

 

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