Talking alcohol-induced essentials with mates at the pub a few ‘beer Fridays’ ago, and beyond the more tenuous question of what colors badgers and skunks would be if they were not black and white, the more obvious subject of “if you fell out of a plane without a parachute, which piece of music would be most likely to cushion you to the ground’ surfaced…oh that old subject I hear you retort.

Bobsled Team and especially this, their second All The Colours Bloom album confirm their status as our most obvious saviors with tracks such as the opening Blue Love, lead single Analita, and See You Soon,  easily being able to float you back down to earth courtesy of their swirling aural textures, which not only combine dream-pop, jangle-pop, and twee but also, in comparison to their previous The Colours Blur album of 2021, is augmented by what feels like a more precise production that accentuates every beautiful note with extra clarity.

Safely back on terra firma, you could perhaps celebrate to the sounds of Wear It So Well, Bring It All Together, Waiting For You, and Rewind, Rewind that build upon the brilliant Can You Stay? track from their previous release as the twanging jangle (I so want to call it ‘twangle’ but I am already pushing the envelope perilously close to the pretentious cliff-face with the whole airplane thing!) that cuts through the precious dreamy veneer with a The Umbrella Puzzles-style ease.

As an aesthetic, this is one of those sounds that you just keep finding ‘increasingly more’ in with every subsequent listen and could well become something of an ultimate grower.

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