A couple of months old but still worthy of mention, Mr Anderson's fourth solo album, Black Rainbows, came on the back of the long-awaited Suede reformation and it seems like the idea of getting back to his alma mata had a restorative effect on his own work. The wonderful single Brittle Heart would be an obvious choice of highlight but I'm going to plump for this, a typically brooding, rain-blown swoon, full of the usual Anderson tics - faded glamour, doomed romance, mistresses in Mercedes - but a song whose backdrop is positively post-rock, soft-loud guitars and rolling bass and drums taking their own sweet time. While it can't help but itch towards the 'EPIC' button, Brett hasn't sounded this good since The Wild Ones. It seems that the bosom of his old band is a healthy place for him to be.
This Must Be Where It Ends by Brett Anderson - listen on Spotify here.
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