Milagres – ‘Glowing Mouth’

This record treads no new ground

[a]Milagres[/a] frontman Kyle Wilson left Brooklyn after he felt had “grown stale”, retreating to mountainous wilds in search of creative succour. Sound familiar? His five-piece band’s UK debut retreads more familiar ground than a crime scene reconstruction: opener ‘Halfway’ would be a lovely, elegant [a]Coldplay[/a] song, which jars awkwardly into ‘Here To Stay’, a half-arsed [a]Arcade Fire[/a]-like look at a youth where “I was the cure, I spoke in tongues”. The rest hovers lazily between [a]Grizzly Bear[/a]’s dusty orchestral shadow and Menomena’s way with drawing lumps to the throat, yet boasts the emotional potency of neither. A pleasant listen, but it’s hardly fresh.

Laura Snapes

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