Hamish Hawk - Angel Numbers (2023) [Hi-Res]

With the release of 'Heavy Elevator' in September 2021, Edinburgh-based Hawk established himself as a writer of heartfelt, headstrong, unashamedly literate songs to stimulate both pulse and psyche. 'Heavy Elevator' offered words to savour and tunes to relish. The songs were filmic and romantic, blending wit, wisdom, resignation and beauty with a kind of sceptical joie de vivre, delivered in a rich baritone that has drawn comparisons to everyone from Jarvis Cocker to Scott Walker. While the album has been justly lauded, Hawk's next steps have moved the story considerably further forward. 'Angel Numbers' meets growing expectations head on, with panache and aplomb.