Over the past 10 years The Lucksmiths have earned a place in the hearts and music collection of any serious indiepopper. Quietly but skilfully blending guitars with a multitude of instruments they are famed for delivering a healthy mix of songs about failed romance, the weather and addiction backed by music that actually makes you smile ensuring that their reputation is well deserved.

Their new album "Warmer Corners" will not disappoint. Like all that has come before it won't announce its presence with brash confidence. Instead it will creep up upon you and slowly but insistently and nestle deep into your heart. Think, spring time, think sharing a quiet moment with a best friend, think the tenderness of a first kiss or the bittersweet sadness of saying goodbye all wrapped within a rainbow coloured CD and you are half way there.

The album begins with the beautiful and reassuring concept that a broken heart is only "A Hiccup in Your Happiness". And then progresses through a collection of cleverly crafted lyrically perfect songs sung by the familiar Australian twang of Tali White.

Swaying from the immediate blasts of unadulterated optimism produced by jingly jangly guitars as heard in "The Chapter Your Life Entitled San Francisco" through to the introspective "Fiction".

But the thing that impresses me the most is the fact that you could imagine dancing to the songs, smiling and laughing with friends, and at the same time you can imagine sitting alone in a room thinking and listening to the words and the music. You can imagine driving down a dark and deserted room road in the middle of a rain swept night or sitting out in the garden on a warm summers day. Put simply, it is music for always.

Rachel Queen

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