Thumbtacks and Glue

Woodpigeon, aka one mark andrew hamilton, releases his fifth album, 'thumbtacks and glue' on fierce panda. since 2010's 'balladeer' our bearded, slightly bear-like hero has moved home from calgary, alberta to vienna, austria (he was in search of 'a wildly romantic bohemia'). 'thumbtacks and glue' rolls out the fulsome red carpet, strings and all. here is woodpigeon in his creative element: large of heart, subtle of melody and never afraid to fray a nerve or two, judging by the way the pluckily intelligent 'robin song' sounds like a fraught death cab and the discordant squiggles of 'the saddest music in the world' make like an irked grandaddy.