ALONG with David Ford, Manchester’s John Bramwell is the cult English songwriter that should be far better appreciated.

While Ford is running his career as a cottage industry, releasing latest album Let The Hard Times Roll from his Eastbourne bunker, the equally waspish Bramwell stands a chance of overdue exposure, thanks to the piggyback ride of I Am Kloot’s fifth album being produced by Guy Garvey and Craig Potter of the late-flowering Elbow.

While it would be misleading to say they have put their Elbow into it – Garvey was at the desk for Bramwell’s debut in 2001 too – nevertheless the textures have new depth and the weight of each song is as exquisitely judged as on The Seldom Seen Kid, with psychedelic washes and judicious brass and harmonies to furnish the nocturnal melodies. Bramwell’s nasal voice will never be the world’s loveliest, but all the stars come out in his Sky At Night.