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Following on from last year's tasty Accelerator, this aptly named record sees Neil and Jennifer adopting an even more tuneful approach. But the trick and the talent is in the way they disjoint them and scatter the bits around like a wonderful aural jigsaw. HHHH
Terry Callier `Lifetime' (Talkin Loud)
A quick follow-up to last year's TimePeace (his first album in 15 years) and the soul-jazz-folk genre-busting fusionist delivers the goods once again in the same beautiful, emotionally warm way. HHHH
Arab Strap `Elephant Shoe'
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A mellower, less shocking, less Scottish album, and it's generally better for it. Think Slint with beats and lyrics more terse than the Afghan Whigs. It's a winning album, sometimes even surprisingly beautiful. HHH
Martine McCutcheon `You Me & Us'
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