The Beatles once made a comment about getting a tan from standing in the English rain in I Am The Walrus, which had lyrical imagery that bordered on the fantastical. But the key images that keeps popping up in English Rain, the new offering by English chanteuse Gabrielle Aplin, are - for this reviewer, at any rate - those of pastoral scenes, not unlike the ones featured in artworks by say, Giorgione or Nicolas Poussin, or scenes of the English countryside. The album itself features acoustic guitar-driven songs from the young singer-songwriter that lean towards the British folk tradition, particularly on songs such as the punchy opening track, Panic Cord; the delightly stark and dramatic Salvation; or the pleasant perolation of Please Don’t Say You Love Me. Aplin doubles the entertainment value in this deluxe edition, which features a bonus disc, but the upshot of this is that she delivers an album that, while being somewhat safe, still somehow makes you feel nice and fuzzy inside.
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