APPARENTLY, this is Ocean Colour Scene's best album since Moseley Shoals.
High praise indeed and a sentence that really tells you something when there's been about 10 years and six albums between the two.
Whatever the boys from Birmingham have been up to in the past decade shouldn't be a concern because AHWFTFS is definitely worth a listen, whether you were just a fan then or still are.
It's hard to forget that golden age of OCS in the mid 90s when The Riverboat Song came lashing out at the start of Shoals followed up by another great album in Marchin' Already, which boasts Hundred Mile High City.
Everything Comes At The Right Time starts the new album off - not quite at the same pace as the Riverboat Song or Hundred Mile High City but it's close, then unfortunately the album falls off the pace.
Free My Name is next up and from there singer/songwriter Simon Fowler really shows his lyrical talent.
The imaginatively titled I Love You and God's World also fall into the ballad category and are a universe away from their best work.
MS
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