Ren Harvieu: Through the Night – review

(Island)Why doesn't the US produce burnished female retroistas in the numbers Britain does? Salford's Ren Harvieu is the latest young Brit to be drawn to the elegant drama of early-60s pop, with its lush arrangements and heart-on-sleeve vocals. She has a marvellous voice for this sort of thing – by turns reined-in and soaring – and a coterie of sympathetic songwriters, including Dave McCabe of the Zutons and the Stands' Howie Payne; between them, they've made a wonderfully lavish, romantic r...

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