Ben Howard Collections from the Whiteout
Some of Ben Howard s subsequent music has had a problem with murkiness, lacking the ability to hold attention as it smears ambient passages all over. On this fourth album, his stepping to one side really works. He has accepted the involvement of producer Aaron Dessner’s impeccable address book, found a balance that could please everyone.
For Those I Love For Those I Love
The dance music that David Balfe creates on this extraordinary debut album is lively and often beautiful, scattered with high vocal samples, but the real focus is Balfe’s starkly personal spoken word delivery. There are echoes of The Streets, The Blaze and Jamie xx, but this is something all its own.