Owen Pallett: The lord of the strings

After a career working in the shadows, is the world ready for Owen Pallett's divisive solo album about a farmer's fictitious world of Spectrum?You may not know the name Owen Pallett, but you know his symphonies. Those windswept, heart-in-gullet violins that galloped through Alex Turner and Miles Kane's Last Shadow Puppets? That's Pallett, with a little help from the London Metropolitan Orchestra. The triumphant-yet-poignant compositions that power Arcade Fire's Neon Bible? Another big dose of Pa...

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