![]() The majority of Moon Landing just comes across like a diluted mixture of James Morrison, Ben Howard and Ed Sheeran It's not the producer who needs changing it's Blunt's own approach, which is increasingly threadbare It’s just much less fun than his Twitter feed It's not so easy to leave your comfort zone, and the music stays within familiar soft-rock parametersĪll in all, there’s no denying Blunt can craft a decent melody, and ‘Moon Landing’ isn’t a bad album really. ![]() More mopey ballads and ad-ready pop songs. ![]() His worst enemy is still his own voice, an agitated whimper that makes even tender lines sound strangely like complaints The album should satisfy hardcore fans but may struggle to recruit fresh blood Some sparks of invention penetrate the blanket of aural blandness. There’s craft akin to The National or Bright Eyes in the thumping Satellites, unashamed pop on Postcards and Bonfire Heart, while Miss America is a mostly mawk-free take on Whitney Houston’s demiseĪn album that is, by many measures, Blunt's richest and best collection to date Sort by ADM rating Sort by most recent review ![]()
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