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Bill Wells
- Record Label: Chemikal Underground
- Release Date: Mar 16, 2015
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Dec 21, 2015Wells’s piano is still the most dominant instrument on display, and Moffat is still crafting haunting tales of ageing regret and frustration. There is, however, something bizarrely hopeful about The Most Important Place in the World at times.
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MojoDec 21, 2015More sharp work from these urban outfitters. [May 2015, p.91]
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Q MagazineDec 21, 2015The sheer oddity of the constituent parts is the thing that provides the thrill in the process, making this another perverse triumph. [May 2015, p.115]
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Dec 21, 2015The joy of this collaboration lies in Wells’ music. It’s a more varied affair than its predecessor.
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Dec 21, 2015A heady, yet accessible amalgam of Burt Bacharach, Scott Walker, Antony and the Johnsons, and Neil Hannon's least flouncy Divine Comedy offerings, The Most Important Place in the World feels like a musical theater piece and listens like a good book (the evocative closer "We're Still Here" suggests a Glaswegian Canterbury Tales), and its dark charms are as seductive as they are thick with exhaust.
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Dec 21, 2015It may not quite reach some of the highs (or lows) of its predecessor but it more than compensates in both its consistency and variety. It offers proof that stories of stagnation and decline in everyday life can still conversely inspire music of great value and beauty.
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UncutDec 21, 2015Happily, the overarching bleakness is sugared by Wells' brisk, sometimes cinematic instrumentation. [Jun 2015, p.84]
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