The Miki Berenyi led indie “supergroup” Piroshka returns with their second album, Love Drips and Gathers, named after a Dylan Thomas poem. The sweetly sung “Scratching at the Lid” belies the message of trying to get out of a coffin as it is lowered into the ground. A screeching guitar announces the introduction of “Wanderlust” that eventually gives away to a poppy swing of a chorus.
Guitarist KJ ‘Moose’ McKillop writes memory snippets of his mother on “Hastings 1973” while “V.O.” pays tribute to Vaughn Oliver who was the in-house art director at 4AD. Where the album suffers at times is in the simplistic lyrics of tracks like “The Knife Thrower’s Daughter” and the album starts to run out of steam towards the end, closing with the moody electronica of “We Told You”. Still, for certain fans, listening to Miki sing is worth the price of admission and over the course of two albums, this mature group shows plenty of fiery flashes.
7/10
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