At Swim Two Birds Before You Left CD

Before You Left underlines Roger Quigley's credentials as an expert purveyor of slowly unraveling melancholic pop. Over more than a decade, both on his own and as leader of Manchester's Montgolfier Brothers, Quigley has developed a distinctive style of composition and delivery. The voice, increasingly rich and sonorous, presides over a backdrop of delicate, repetitive guitar arpeggios and sweeping cello. The mood - soporific, hypnotic - recalls Spiritualized's woozy refrains as well as the likes of Bill Callahan and Leonard Cohen, with whom Quigley has been compared in the past.

1. Intro 2. I Must Be Losing You 3. The Night We Ran Away 4. Let Her Go 5. Ad Nauseam 6. Before You Left 7. No Fear 8. Dead of Night 9. The March of the Kings 10. Coda