Echo & The Bunnymen The Stars, The Oceans & The Moon (2 Lp's) 06/09/2017 McCartney's infallible instinct for popcraft

McCartney's infallible instinct for popcraft overflows on this excellent release

Released: 01/07/2022

Ronald "Nambo" Robinson (trombone)

while never abandoning the arty experimentalism of subsequent albums

this means that the ballads are just a shade too tidy -- they're mannered in a way almost none of the rest of the record is -- but still Magpie and the Dandelion underscores how the appeal of the Avett Brothers remains in their indebtedness to the past without being bogged down by its legacy

Echo & The Bunnymen The Stars, The Oceans & The Moon (2 Lp's) 06/09/2017 McCartney's infallible instinct for popcraftTracks Disc 1 1 Bring on the Dancing Horses (Transformed) 2 The Somnambulist 3 Nothing Lasts Forever (Transformed) 4 Lips Like Sugar (Transformed) Disc 2 1 Rescue (Transformed) 2 Rust (Transformed) 3 Angels & Devils (Transformed) 4 Bedbugs & Ballyhoo (Transformed) Disc 3 1 Zimbo (Transformed) 2 Stars Are Stars (Transformed) 3 Seven Seas (Transformed) 4 Ocean Rain (Transformed) Disc 4 1 The Cutter (Transformed) 2 How Far? 3 The Killing Moon