Album review: Jessie Buckley & Bernard Butler, For All Our Days That Tear the Heart

Best known for her acting, Killarney's Jessie Buckley showcases her singing abilities in an impressive collaboration with the ex Suede man 
Album review: Jessie Buckley & Bernard Butler, For All Our Days That Tear the Heart

Jessie Buckley & Bernard Butler, pictured here on BBC show Later with Jools Holland. 

★★★★☆

Jessie Buckley’s most recent movie, Men, was a feminist horror rooted in British mythological figure the Green Man. Having been around for the glory days of Britpop, her songwriting partner, Bernard Butler (formerly of Suede), will know all about the chilling effect of arcane representations of Englishness (such as zip-up Parkas and songs featuring “Oi!” in the lyrics).

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