Laura Marling and Mike Lindsay have released their second LUMP album Animal today on New Music Friday – you can check it out right here via Spotify.
The duo spent time at Lindsay’s home studio in Margate, Kent pursuing similar working methods which resulted in LUMP’s self-titled debut, Marling describing the sessions as a, ‘repository for so many things that she had in her mind and just didn’t fit anywhere’.
“Bloom At Night works most effectively (aided by being the opening track) as some swirling electronica fades in and out, supported by a mournful horn before Marling enters the fray,” our review reads.
“As good as it is to hear her in different surroundings, amid bopping swollen bass, sadly the remainder of the album doesn’t hit the same heights, with a few exceptions.”
“The chunky Gamma Ray is both industrial and organic with layered vocals, although the melody is much more traditionally Marling. The muffled bass thump of Climb Every Wall echoes mid-period Metronomy, while the eerie futurism of We Cannot Resist, complete with phased guitar, is simple but elegant.”