Jamie T is emerging from his post-hiatus cocoon as somewhat of a butterfly.
Don’t shout it too loud, but Jamie T is emerging from his post-hiatus cocoon as somewhat of a butterfly.
2014’s ‘
Carry on the Grudge’ took a little getting used to - a more mature version of the emphatically energetic tyke of his first two albums. ‘
Trick’, though, sees the transformation really take hold.
On occasion it’s both fun and fantastical in the same beat - ‘
Tescoland’, ‘
Joan Of Arc’ and ‘
Robin Hood’ all pleasingly hook-laden and fancy free. ‘
Drone Strike’ is enough to give Muse’s Matt Bellamy nightmares, while ‘
Dragon Bones’ packs its own swagger just in case.