Paul Mardles 

Glasvegas: Later… When the TV Turns to Static – review

With guitars at the heart of this third album, Glasvegas are once more playing to their strengths, says Paul Mardles
  
  


It's a mystery to everyone bar the band themselves why Glasvegas followed their dynamic debut album with the stadium synth-pop of Euphoric Heartbreak. Two years on and, happily, they're playing to their strengths, placing reverb-drenched guitars at the heart of their third album, while displaying a familiarity with restraint. What's unchanged, however, is James Allan's rasping voice, which elevates the album's weaker songs. And while Later... lacks the intensity of the band's first set, the title track and Choices in particular suggest they shouldn't be dismissed.

 

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