A gem of Northern Soul, full of brass and organs and pathos and bops. There are spots where it lags, especially where it gets melancholic. But I’d rather listen to this than Van Morrison or Elvis Costello. This is actually fun, and not trying to convince me of such.

Highlights:

• Burn It Down

• Geno

• Seven Days Too Long

• Thankfully Not Living in Yorkshire It Doesn’t Apply

• There, There My Dear