Dusted Says The New innocence mission LP is “A Beauty”

The new album from the innocence mission, according to Dusted, is “a beauty, full of wistful dream pop arrangements and insurgent melodies that seem slight until you try to stop humming them.”

The site continues, “The music has the same baroque pop lilt as the Clientele, a light touch but not exactly simple. Every element is sharp and distinct, the clatter of drums, the radiance of keyboards, the gentle buoyance of guitar, and yet they jostle together softly, a tipsy balance of exactitude and blurry grace. You might also draw parallels to Jessica Pratt’s urbane songcraft, though there’s a wide-eyed wonder in these songs that’s very different from Pratt’s knowing sophistication. Indeed, after half a lifetime in the music business, the Innocence Mission delivers its tunes with an uncalculated freshness, still innocent, even now.” Read the full review here; Midwinter Swimmers is at radio now.