Album Review: Cate Le Bon - Mug Museum

Cate Le Bon's third album finds her retreating from the warmth and intimacy of her earlier releases and taking her quirky voice into more experimental pop places. Instrumentally her songs have mostly been stripped back to guitar, bass, drums and organ and the art rock pillars of The Velvet Underground (the deconstructed guitar solo of Cuckoo Through The Walls) and Television (the chiming, spiralling guitars of I Can't Help You) emerge as strong influences. Le Bon's voice is less folk and more icy chanteuse with austere Nico-like intonements, making it equally annoying and charming.