Albums of 2010, No 5: These New Puritans – Hidden

Too cool for the avant garde? Too serious for the mainstream? Whatever, These New Puritans' second album bristled with intelligence and invention"Frames of colour flicker between ancient and brand new," Jack Barnett murmurs on White Chords, creating an image that sums up These New Puritans' second album, Hidden. The anxious multiple personalities of the Southend band's underrated debut, Beat Pyramid, are now better framed, but they still flicker with fractious energy. Meanwhile, it's the dynamic...

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