Air (EMI)
Like a number of Air records, Love 2 takes a while to get going.
This one, though, takes too long, and never really gets going at all.
The first couple of tracks feel like mid-record fillers, the next pair like blown-up B-sides.
Air’s sixth album takes flight with Missing The Light Of Day, a mix of ethereality and fidgetiness.
But it doesn’t last, and the record soon dissipates in a cloud of malnourished songwriting and demo-quality instrumentals.
A strangely half-arsed collection.
WILL FULFORD-JONES
