Badly Drawn Boy - Too Many Miracles

Back in 2000, hopes were high for a young, fresh-faced Damon Gough, better know to all of us as Badly Drawn Boy. His debut, ‘The Hour of Bewilderbeast’, and it’s whimsical folk soundscape brought him a Mercury Music Prize and endless praise from critics. Despite the considerable success of his follow-up, the soundtrack to Hugh Grant movie, ‘About A Boy’, Badly Drawn Boy has notably struggled to repeat his early success over more recent years.

Far from put off, Gough returns this October with ‘It’s What I’m Thinking Part 1 – Photographing Snowflakes’, the extensively named seventh album from the hat-favouring singer-songwriter. ‘Too Many Miracles’ is the first single to be taken from the upcoming record, which will be released on Gough’s shiny new label One Last Fruit.

Opening with a crescendo of strings, ‘Too Many Miracles’ soon flourishes into a delightfully enjoyable four musical minutes. Wisps of violins, exotic percussion and strums of acoustics tie around the track like balloons, lifting it skyward like a dream as Gough merrily proclaims ‘I’m ready to be in love again, I know we can be in love’. The verses are similarly pulled along by Gough’s enjoyably dainty lyricism - ‘Photographing snowflakes lately, I’m slowly losing my mind. There’s so many different kinds, falling all the time.’ - his vocals seasoned with an endearing accent. To conclude, this first taster we have been offered here of Badly Drawn Boy’s seventh album is a magically scrumptious one. Let’s hope for more of the same.