Wicker & Steel - one of the albums of the year 2011

5 December 2011

"Album highlight 'London, We Have You Surrounded' is stark and pummeling, all metallic percussion, but four minutes through finds its mood suddenly lightens with the arrival of soft, reedy tones in the background. And penultimate track 'Snow Chain' could almost be described as pretty, its slow rhythmic churn and flickering melodies bringing to mind the dubbier moments of Demdike Stare's Voices Of Dust. Its presumed status as interlude matters little in the context of the album; rather than remaining a collection of dancefloor tracks interspersed with mood pieces, Wicker & Steel's success is that it convincingly blurs the boundaries between the two. The result is an involving and addictive album-length statement." Rory Gibb

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