The Earth Is Blue

It's almost two decades since Damon Krukowski and Naomi Yang began making music together as two-thirds of Galaxie 500. Now effectively a trio again with Ghost guitarist Michio Kurihara, they exhale the kind of swirling 'perfect pop' that was the default setting of late '80s Creation releases, leaning into the crosswinds of Fairport-era folk-rock. Yang's self-harmonising vocals drip haiku-crisp lines, while Kurihara's dewdrop chimes on the exquisite 'Beautiful Close Double' morph into fuzzball on 'House of Glass'. Covers of Caetano Veloso's 'Araca Azul' and George Harrison's 'While My Guitar Gently Weeps' are superfluous among such delicate poise. - Rob Young (Uncut)