There is, admittedly, an irony in hailing William Doyle as a unique voice (artistically as well as literally) and at the same time feeling a strange compulsion to tentatively draw parallels with someone else: Julia Holter, who - on Have You In My Wilderness, at least - seemed to be driven by a similar urge to rein in her more abstract, avant garde tendencies and dip a toe in poppy waters.
That said, Doyle's latest album Springs Eternal is far further along the pop spectrum than Holter's work has ever been, and indeed than his previous LP Great Spans Of Muddy Time was - but it still boasts plenty of arty eccentricity, as well as a certain Brian Eno as a contributor.
Buzz review here.
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