ALDOUS HARDING
Warm Chris
4AD / REMOTE CONTROL
Landing as Aldous Harding’s fourth album, contains delicate piano ballads, acoustic-based blues that chase dreams of having an office in the country (‘Tick Tock’), forays into pop and indie-rock, and an unexpected collaboration with Sleaford Mods’ Jason Williamson. While much of Warm Chris is undeniably lovely, it’s often in one ear and out the other. Meanwhile, the moments of failed experimentalism – see the childlike screeching on ‘Leathery Whip’, and overly pitched-up
