Hearts that strain

"The Nottingham singer's fourth set, recorded in Nashville, abandons the rapping and Kasabian-friendly rock in favour of dusty country-folk ... And though the faster songs are largely throwaway, Bugg is inching closer to a sound that is both familiar and very much his own".

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"Ed Sheeran isn't the only folkie troubadour expanding into other genres. Each of his four albums has seen Jake Bugg, for instance, pushing his stylistic envelope - except that where Sheeran adopts modern R&B livery, on Hearts That Strain Bugg eases gently southwards into country, soul and `70s retro-yacht-rock territory".

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"When he first made waves half a decade ago at 18, there was an air of novelty surrounding Jake Bugg, whose voice was stylishly worn-in without sounding as if he was a long-time chainsmoker ... Although he has, mercifully, put hip-hop to one side, this lacks the authenticity of a real raconteur".

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