Cranes are a dream pop/shoegaze group formed by siblings Alison and Jim Shaw, who rose to fame after touring the world with The Cure in 1992. After the influential Dedicated label closed in 1998, they took a two-year hiatus before founding their own label, Dadaphonic. They released three studio albums there between 2001 and 2008, of which this is their penultimate. This album, like all the others on their label, strikes the perfect balance between their typical 90s alt-rock influences and modern electro. Downtempo rhythms and swirling effects, combined with crystalline guitars and Alison Shaw's mysterious voice, create a profound and haunting album, in the best sense of the word. Fans of the band had been clamoring for a vinyl release for a long time, and we tell them: ask and you shall receive...