Album Review: King Creosote/Astronaut Meets Appleman

So flicking through some new releases on Spotify I was taken in by the cartoony picture of a spaceman's outline in front of a large apple. Different I thought. Hence this review.

You Just Want Melin Wynt Wake Up To This Faux Call Betelgeuse Love Life Peter Rabbit Tea Surface Rules Of Engagement

Well, this album is exactly what I was hoping for when I started out on this mission to review 50 albums in a year. Grabbing a totally unknown artist (to me at least), then giving them a serious ear from start to finish, and finally falling for its graces. I’ve listened to this album about 6 times now and it continues to get stronger for me. King Creosote (Kenny Anderson) is from Fife, Scotland and he embraces his mellow Scottish accent throughout the album. Its starts with a couple of beautifully haunting numbers, You Just Want Me (you need to be spaced to watch this video) and Melin Wynt before throwing in the perfectly named upbeat Wake Up To This. On the downside, Faux Call is a muddle of instruments and doesn’t know what it is. Peter Rabbit Tea is 2 minutes 49 seconds repeating a sampled child’s voice saying ‘Peter Rabbit Tea’. Awful and no place in the middle of the album. Ultimately a somewhat mixed bag but with several strong numbers, particularly at the beginning, which deserves to have more listeners. Unfortunately though I need to score it down due to some weaknesses showing through.