"...you hold the seven keys to my soul"

Mr. Matt Hales (AKA Aqualung) has a nice present for you out tomorrow - Words & Music.  Well, what were you expecting, some kind of crazy sci-fi themed title?  Bah.  No Memory Man this time.

Based on the simplistic name, one could assume a rather simplistic album, true?  Yes, that is indeed true.  After the slight overproduction that we saw on Memory Man, Words & Music brings back what drew me to Aqualung in the first place - beautiful vocal melodies with a piano based brit-pop backdrop.  The perfect Fall album?  Quite possibly. 

Here's a few tracks to help you decide for yourselves - the striking opener 7 Keys and the Beatles-esque pop of Mr. Universe.  Enjoy!

[mp3] 7 Keys

[mp3] Mr. Universe

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