Peter Gabriel: New Blood – review

(Virgin)Where last year's Scratch My Back saw Peter Gabriel remodelling some of his favourite songs by other artists with just voice and orchestra, New Blood – as its title implies – sees his own back catalogue getting the same treatment. Tense, brooding and often raw, the artist's world-wearied voice is cast off against a dramatic backdrop, the results not unlike a darker take on Elbow's experiment with the Hallé Orchestra. Rhythm of the Heat gets thundering kettle drums, and San Jacinto q...

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