BRUCE SOORD

Luminescence KSCOPE

JAMES MCNAIR

Third solo outing from The Pineapple Thief linchpin. There are albums that seem untimely, out of season. This ain’t one of them. Deeply poignant, and suffused in autumnal melancholy, Luminescence is a darkly beautiful record, which chimes with the approach of shorter days in troubling times. Bruce Soord has said that it was “inspired by the idea of finding inner peace”, and it explores the difficulties of living in a modern metropolis. He doesn’t sound as though he has found equanimity, but during 12 poised songs which maintain a singular, pronounced atmosphere, his ongoing search proves hugely absorbing. “A fine, immersive record of rare gravitas.” Musically, Luminescence isn’t dissimilar in mood or instrumentation to Soord’s last solo LP, 2019’s All This Will Be Yours. This time there’s much more intensity…

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