THE Delgados have laid to rest their flirtation with Mercury Rev and Flaming Lips and got over their fixation with death, phobia and depression on 2002's dark Hate.
As their new album title suggests, the ever-progressive Scots set themselves the task of making a universal record: the difficult trick of making simple, straightforward, delicate pop that bathes in sunshine and moonlight alike.
What they achieve is a beguiling union of Juliana Hatfield and The Cardigans (Emma Pollock's muted songs) and Mull Historical Society's early forays into sweeping grandeur (co-vocalist Alun Woodward's more lushly orchestrated hymnal pieces). Not universal then, but typically adroit Scottish pop that seeks the light.
Updated: 09:53 Thursday, October 14, 2004
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