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Bonfire on the Heath - Merge
FILTER Grade: 81%

For a record that commences with such pep and glides along effortlessly on the vibrant, jingle-jangle clarity of its instrumentation, Bonfires on the Heath is filled with words of uncertainty. Spirits, traces and questions permeate Alasdair MacLean’s autumnal lyrics, always delivered in a breathy, dreamtime voice. The music’s sharp focus, peppered with gallantly chirping Forever Changes brass and sometimes slipping into a Floyd-like coast of silvery slide guitar, is the solid ground on which ghosts tread.