Album Review: Years and Years - Communion

3/5

The success of sad-eyed soul boy Sam Smith has been duly noted by the music industry, with the debut album from his former support act, Years and Years, doubling down on the groove-infused miserablism that has made Smith a sensation both sides of the Atlantic. Indeed, there is arguably something deeply calculating about Years and Years’ splicing of bittersweet beats and falsetto-pop, a formula that has already yielded the number one single ‘King’. Here is a trio of young musicians who know which way the wind is blowing.