SPIN

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• SPIN Rating:8 of 10

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Release Date: October 25, 2010
Label: Tompkins Square

In 1992, Prefab Sprout leader Paddy McAloon envisioned an album about God and his manifestation through music and love. He never got around to recording it with his bandmates, but this lush, keyboard-driven demo nevertheless plays out like a masterwork. The gentle sophistication of the chords is matched by the sincerity of the delivery. McAloon sings softly and openheartedly, as if praying, and when he writes of watchful spirits, the melodies soar and flutter like the flapping of guardian angel wings.