As on their 2015 debut 'White Water', The Slow Show’s new album 'Dream Darling' contains dramatic songs about love, death, failing and loss. Deeply affecting songs, which may move the listener to tears. Choirs and colliery brass lend The Slow Show a distinctly northern sound, with Rob Goodwin's rich baritone reminiscent of Lambchop's Kurt Wagner, though with a different accent. As before, jazz and classical stylings underpin the band’s sound. A delicate varnish of Americana, sparse piano, guitar chords in minor keys, tender brass, swelling strings and choirs, each element combines to infuse the album with a northern soul. Goodwin's sonorous vocals slow down the pace, and released from the hectic sounds of rock’n’roll, The Slow Show create space and time for closer listening, sharpening the senses even for the smallest de
