With Doves on extended sabbatical, frontman Jimi Goodwin describes his solo debut as "a mad mixtape" and it certainly rollercoasts through styles. There are big brass stabs and motorik Krautrock grooves; Northern soul organs and Elbow-type massed male vocals. The big dance grooves of Live Like a River and (less successfully) Man vs Dingo cast a wry glance towards the three Doves' early 90s dance act, Sub Sub. However, it's all centred around Goodwin's trademark, doleful, world-weary baritone and twanging melodic bass lines, which may pacify fans wondering whether Doves will ever fly again. There's nothing here as immediately dizzying as that band's There Goes the Fear, Black and White Town et al, but Odludek's charms emerge more gradually. Piano folk stomper Oh! Whiskey convincingly positions the singer as Didsbury's own Nick Drake, while Lonely at the Drop brews up a guitar windstorm. Standout closer Panic Tree is one of the most unusually lovely tracks Goodwin has been involved with: frustration and paranoia delivered via steel drums and what sounds like a Victorian music box.