The prolific Jack Tatum returns just a year after making music for actress Michelle Williams to dance to (see the video for ‘Paradise’, from the ‘Nocturne’ album) with a seven-track EP packed with some of his most upbeat work. Recorded after a trip to Miami, Tatum has said that he was struggling to feel comfortable as a musician prior to writing ‘Empty Estate’. But the confidence running through a song like ‘The Body In Rainfall’ suggests that his doubt was misplaced, and the gorgeous ‘A Dancing Shell’ may be the best tune of his career. He’s getting somewhere.
David Renshaw