Alphabet Backwards -‘Little Victories’ (Highline)

After a series of singles, Oxford’s Alphabet Backwards have released their debut album Little Victories. And sure, it’s unashamed c-86 indie-pop with a folky feel-and it’s all the better for it!

Sure, you could be a boring sod and say that they sound like…but why do that, when you could be having the joy of listening to songs like ‘Ladybird,’ album closer ‘Elton John’ (which sees them go eighties in a way that, erm, most c-86 bands wouldn’t have felt comfortable doing a quarter of a century ago) and album highlights ‘Blink Of An Eye’ and ‘Taller.’

And summer may be over, the nights may fair be drawing in, but stick this on, and your heart lifts. And in these dark and uncertain times, that’s more than we can ask for from any album. More than just a little victory.

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Little Victories is out now on Highline.