it's fantastic. i do sometimes find his lyrical conceits a little hackneyed - the 'king of hearts' lines kinda grate on me although the rest of that song is ace, and the whole 'lonely fires' metaphor just feels a bit too obvious - but in other places he can be quite brilliant (the whole of dragon's lair), and the rhythm and delivery of certain lines is wonderful ('you can't can't settle down, til the icarus in your blood in your blood drowns')
had this pretty much on repeat for a couple of days now
it's fantastic. i do sometimes find his lyrical conceits a little hackneyed - the 'king of hearts' lines kinda grate on me although the rest of that song is ace, and the whole 'lonely fires' metaphor just feels a bit too obvious - but in other places he can be quite brilliant (the whole of dragon's lair), and the rhythm and delivery of certain lines is wonderful ('you can't can't settle down, til the icarus in your blood in your blood drowns')