PLUS ONE MAGAZINE

Prior to this show, the not-entirely-positive reviews coming out of recent US tours had given me a sense of foreboding, which was not entirely justified. Strong support came from Ella Raphael; beautiful sunbeam tinged blues, reminiscent of Hope Sandoval at her hazy best; and Juanita Stein (formally of Howling Bells), with her nostalgia soaked, perfectly constructed Americana.   

Crows  return with third album  Reason Enough  having taken the sandpaper to some of their sharpest edges. The London four-piece have built a formidable reputation for their leaden take on post punk, which here is occasionally tempered to produce their most accessible tunes to date, but with no compromise on the poise and attitude. 

Very much a comedown album, each of the eight pieces fuse soothing ambient and abrasive  industrial, creating a droning hypnotic otherworldly soundscape, eerily redolent of  c ontemporary science fiction cinema.

They couldn’t have known, could they? Enumclaw have long called themselves the  “best band since Oasis”, and in the run up to the release of their second album the  Gallagher brothers announced their big reunion out of the blue. A matter of hours  before Home in Another Life hit the shelves, tickets for the Manchester legends’ UK  tour went on sale. We’ll leave it to the conspiracy theorists from here.