The Wake, remember them? A great post-punk band on Factory and later Sarah, well thats all in the past right? Wrong! The Wake returned with a new album last year and pretty good it is too. To be honest you would be mistaken for thinking there hadn't been a long gap in The Wake's history everything just sounds so smooth and right (though to be honest the two Wake members involved had already come together to join The Occasional Keepers a few years ago).
The songs are a mix of electronic enhanced pop and jingle jangle and indeed there is quite a variety but most of all you could describe the album as having plenty of well crafted pop songs. I particularly like the opener "Stockport" with its nostalgic refrains and urgent jangle melody and the layered title track. Varied and refined but never boring or false, this is an album to enjoy and appreciate more with every listen.
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