Well what more could you want from an I Am Kloot album?’ 'Let It All In’ is the band hitting another creative peak and surely on course for another Mercury nomination. Co-produced by Elbow front man Guy Garvey, every song is a story, which you like to think, are all from the gritty side of Manchester.
“Bullets’ starts with sparse acoustic guitar, “I kept the note you never wrote” is the opening line and the scene is set for an album, just like a good book that you can’t put down. The song ends with metallic guitars behind an electric solo.
The feeling of the title track ‘ Let Them All In’ is one of warmth as the sound of the whole band joins in. ‘Hold Back the Night’ has a blues vibe then ends with a startling strings crescendo.
Ten songs on the record, each so different your attention span never wanders. ‘Even The Stars’ another stand out song is true bliss to listen to and that appears at the start of side two, with four more gems to follow!
‘Mouth on Me’ “We were young and I had a map on me” well any map I Am Kloot are holding must be heading to the stars. Five albums in, this record must surely push them further into the zone that Elbow found themselves after their Mercury prize win. Fingers crossed.
Pete
11/11
UK tour in February dates are on the band’s website
