The brand new album by Sweet Billy Pilgrim. Entitled `Crown And Treaty' is the follow-up to the Mercury Music Prize nominated album `Twice Born Men', which was released in 2009.
MOJO – 5/5 ‘Instant Classic’: “A richer feast... could scarcely be imagined”
Q – 4/5: “They’ve re-emerged stronger, more focussed and full of head spinning ideas”
Independent On Sunday – 4/5: “A far more complex musical palette... with Tim Elsenburg’s falsetto navigating its way through nine songs which like PJ Harvey’s ‘Let England Shake’ are overtly haunted by the ghosts of British history”
Daily Telegraph – 4/5: “A kind of progressive chamber pop... Cerebral, demanding and frequently dazzling”
Daily Mail – 4/5: “Blissful”
Daily Star – 8/10: “Marching bands and massed chants one minute, devastating acoustic ballads the next, it’s the crown jewels”
Time Out – ‘Critics Choice’: “More precise than a laser but a great deal friendlier, these former Mercury-nominees mix math-rock deft with a fluid and folky flow”
NME – “’Crown And Treaty’ is all about straddling eras... This is cleverly crafted, dramatic stuff”
