Bonnie Prince Billy - Cursed Sleep

The smooth, sultry rhythms saunter up to and encircle edgy yet laconic vocals, as uplifting strings begin to raise the tempo and then, as blues guitar sidles up, startled, you ask yourself, 'Is it? No, can't be. It IS! It's Bonnie Prince Billy gone... sexy!" No need to fret though, the almost epic feel leant by the string section is still not enough to temper the melancholia entirely, as Billy's lyrics tell the story of a doomed chemistry. Whilst still exploring a Neil Young-esque guitar sound that creeps in and out of his current work, the Waits style blues here is a tantalising taste of things to come… Go on Billy, flirt with us. [Caroline Hurley]