★★★★☆
Six years have passed since Crayon Fields released their albumAll The Pleasures Of The Worldto rave reviews and an instantly won-over audience.
But their time on hiatus wasn’t spent twiddling their thumbs, waiting to get back at it. Their latest release, No One Deserves You, sees the Melburnians picking up just where they left off. The result is an album possessing the same intoxicating adoration of pop music, but with a far more mature outlook on life and love.
While All The Pleasures went at times to almost dizzying and euphoric places, No One Deserves You combines innocence with something more worldly, and at times, optimism takes a back seat to realism. But while the message may have evolved, the pop powers of this band have never been stronger. First single ‘She’s My Hero’ harnesses an ecstatic energy, while closers ‘Somewhere Good’ and ‘Good Times’ display a resigned and emotionally mature side that’s not been seen before.
This album may not rise to the same levels of exuberance as All The Pleasures, but it is no less of an achievement because of it. Instead we witness an excellent next step from a group of musicians that proves they still have much more to come.
No One Deserves YoubyCrayon Fields is out now throughChapter.
