"Sigh No More" is a focused, emotionally charged track with echoes of Arcade Fire and Bob Dylan. Simple acoustic guitar accompanied by choir-like vocals give the song a celestial, religious quality; a modern hymn for the disillusioned generation. Although the band name could be lifted straight from a Dickens novel, the musical influences are clearly vested in heart-breaking specialists Anthony & The Johnsons, and take inspiration from Larrikin Love's dalliance with acoustic joy. Minimalistic genius, as demonstrated by the ghostly, haunting, pantheon sound of The xx,is taken and applied to more familiar ground (you won't find a single chorus about love on XX)
"Sigh No More" is a pared-down, melancholy song that has a gorgeous listenability to it. Although the first half is a inwards-dwelling soliloquy, the second half lifts itself out of the darkness in much the same way that "Sweet Disposition" rang out through the speakers and spoke directly to the listener. "Love will not betray/ dismay or enslave you/ it will set you free" spurs the song on with a hair-raising crescendo, and a coat-tailed bow at the last curtain.
Genius Reccomends: Jay Jay Pistolet; Marcus Foster; Bombay Bicycle Club; Miles Benjamin Anthony Robinson; Slow Club
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