Album review: James Vincent McMorrow, We Move

James Vincent McMorrow’s 2010 debut, Early In The Morning, was a charming minor pleasure — sweet and homespun yet clearly indebted to the Damien Rice school of Irish every-dude angst. However, the Dundalk-born, Dublin-based singer switched things up dramatically with 2014’s neo-soul influenced Post-Tropical and has, with We Move, produced his most definitive album yet.

This is a strange and swirling collection, built around McMorrow’s sweet and sour falsetto, and with an ocean of emotion churning just beneath the surface. McMorrow has a vocal credit for the Drake track ‘Hype’, as featured on the Drizzy’s Views LP, and it is obvious they are kindred moochers. As with the Canadian megastar, McMorrow is here revealed to be a poet of the comedown, his glistening voice perfectly suited to 3am crises of confidence.