By The Roads And The Fields

On "By The Roads...," the occasional raw, explosive violence of previous recordings is reigned in almost entirely, replaced with a collection of songs that unfurl slowly and recall points from John Fahey to The Velvet Underground, Galaxie 500 to Hood, Joy Division, Pram, Moonshake and, of course, Movietone. Whilst some of the lyrical content suggests an almost mediteranean warmth and detail, there remains something utterly English and very pastoral about the album.