Glasgow Herald, October 30, 2020

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Glasgow Herald

UK & Ireland newspapers

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Music reviews: Elvis Costello's first solo album in ten years

ELvis Costello - Hey Clockface

Tom White

His first solo album since 2010's National Ransom certainly delivers on Elvis Costello's stated aim to produce something "vivid, whether... loud and jagged or intimate and beautiful".

Opening with the spoken-word Revolution #49 and the punky No Flag, the eclectic tone is set from the start and incorporates scat singing on the title track and I Can't Say Her Name and a variety of brass and woodwind flourishes from the trio of Parisian musicians involved - alongside Costello's long-time collaborator Steve Nieve - in the two-day session which produced the bulk of the album.

The single We're All Cowards Now is a standout moment along with Hetty O'Hara Confidential, about the rise and fall of a fearsome gossip columnist, and the Tom Waits-esque What Is It That I Need That I Don't Already Have?

It may not rank alongside his classic albums but Hey Clockface is an interesting and worthwhile addition to Costello's catalogue.


Tags: Hey ClockfaceNational RansomRevolution #49No FlagI Can't Say Her NameLe Quintette Saint GermainSteve NieveWe Are All Cowards NowHetty O'Hara ConfidentialTom WaitsWhat Is It That I Need That I Don't Already Have?

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The Herald, October 30, 2020


Tom White reviews Hey Clockface.

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