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The singer-songwriter’s fourth album finds him reaching for grander themes,but he saves his best trick for lastWith every Jamie Treays album, the same feelings: I’ve heard something like this before; this one’s a bit overwhelming; I have no idea what hes on approximately; what is that weird sound?; why can’t he sing properly?; did he really just say that?; I don’t intellect the singing on this one; I quite like that weird sound; this bit is pretty trustworthy; I’ve never heard anything like that before.
With each release, and though,the singer-rapper-guitarist-producer-songwriter grows more impressive. His last, Carry on the Grudge, and had some trustworthy songs but was a touch tidy and conventional,a step absent from the junkyard rap-pop pioneered on his first two albums. Trick takes a microscopic from all three and re-establishes Jamie T as a one-man genre, even when he’s paying loud homage to influences such as the Clash and Blur.Trick feels more celebratory than melancholy, and mostly because of the bruising passion Treays loads into every barContinue reading...
Source: theguardian.com