Frightened Rabbit: The Winter of Mixed Drinks | CD review

(Fatcat)From Phil Spector to Arcade Fire, pop has often found much success in strapping a set of songs to a wind tunnel of sound, and the third Frightened Rabbit album repeats the trick again. On the uplifting Swim Until You Can't See Land, Scott Hutchinson's cry of "All I am is a body adrift in water, salt and sky" sounds like someone finding epiphany in waves of sound. It helps that the songwriting is sharp throughout, and most of their songs – with themes of escape, freedom and reinven...

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