Old fears

"At its best, like on the insistent "Dress Up" or the slow, sad love-lost song "So Much Time," the album rates with the best work Brewis has done, solo or with Field Music, only with a little more intimacy this time around, a little more heart and soul. It's a nice approach that helps Old Fears really connect with the listener. Sometimes on a Field Music album, or on Sea from Shore, one could zone out on the words and just listen to the music without feeling anything other than admiration for the craft involved. This time the emotional waters run just as deep as the musical ones, and it stands as some of the best brainy, heartfelt pop around".

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"As the 35-minute album bounds on, tight pop-funk fades into more ambient worlds. The final ballad, the serene "You Kept Yourself", closes with Brewis doing his best R&B impression over an Eno soundscape marked by blurry 4 a.m. guitars and one of those sax solos ripped from popular songs by Quarterflash or Gerry Rafferty. It is the sound of slouching home from the college pub, one of those ones where Brewis spent his time falling in love, and it feels like the one memory he wants to hold on to in the present".

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