Steve Mason: Boys Outside | CD review

(Double Six)Anyone with an ounce of empathy in them will find Steve Mason's third solo album, the first to be released under his own name, a sombre listen. As King Biscuit Time and Black Affair, or as part of the Beta Band, his troubled lyrics were swathed in so many layers of musical experimentation, producing mad hybrids of hip-hop and techno and reggae and folk, that their emotional impact was softened. But in this stripped-back setting, in which Mason's muted guitar and piano melodies are gi...

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