Slow Club – Complete Surrender

Midway through Everything Is New, the second track on Complete Surrender, the strings and big, gospel-style vocals kick in. At that point the penny will drop that you're listening to a very different Slow Club.

Previous works – not least 2011's Paradise – were brassy and cheeky, and while it might risk somebody somewhere sounding the cliché klaxon by describing this as a more mature offering, Charles Watson and Rebecca Taylor have crafted a record that's both soulful and a musical step forward.

That said, the Haribo rush of the title track sounds like an old friend popping her head round the door for a goofy 'hiya' while you're in the middle of a proper grown up dinner party – but overall this is a beautiful, lovelorn record that pushes the boundaries of what can be achieved in a three minute pop song. More serious? Sure, but doesn't everyone grow up eventually?