Album of the day: Pelican – What We All Come to Need

Lovingly pinched from BBC Music: Four albums into a career that began in 2001, one could be forgiven for thinking they’d got Pelican pegged. Slotting easily into post-something pigeonholes in the past, the Chicago band have struggled to really stand out from the pack of sound-alike outfits they, in part, inspired. Until now, as they’ve come out fighting with a set that pricks the ears like little they’ve done before.

What We All Come to Need is a fantastic, dynamic collection which ups the ante considerably from the band’s previous long-player, 2007’s disappointingly generic City of Echoes.

Continue reading:  BBC – Music – Review of Pelican – What We All Come to Need.

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