Album review: The Acorn – ‘No Ghost’ (Bella Union)

Mighty oaks of sound to be discovered

[a]The Acorn[/a]’s UK debut, ‘Glory Hope Mountain’, was one of 2008’s under-appreciated gems – a certain Guy Garvey thought so, naming it as one of his favourite LPs of that year. ‘No Ghost’ continues in the same glorious, uplifting vein; ‘On The Line’ or ‘Restoration’ would sound very much at home on that record – but this time around the [a]Beirut[/a]-style pastoral folk is mixed up with heavy dollops of rawk guitar, swathes of feedback and propulsive percussion. They’ve not quite turned into Deep Purple (despite a reference to the rock legends’ classic ‘Smoke On The Water’ in ‘Bob Goldwraith’), but still: from tiny Acorns, indie-folk behemoths grow.

Rob Webb

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