Darklands

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  1987

  James

  The noise recedes just enough to reveal how strong the songwriting already was. “April Skies” and “Happy When It Rains” keep the narcotic mood of the debut, but the structures are cleaner and more exposed. Jim Reid sings with an almost passive calm that makes the emotional detachment feel deliberate rather than lazy. It’s a colder, lonelier record than people sometimes realize.