![]() Principal singer Adele Bethel calls it a "sexy evil". ![]() But given time, as with the best records, it reveals a wonderfully stark energy all sinewy shadowplay, stripped-back space and a compelling sexuality – and not of the MTV groin-grinding variety. And Mirror Mirror is not obvious instant success. This Gift was released over three years ago, during which time they’ve been forgotten. By harking back to their mini-album debut Love the Cup and 2006’s The Repulsion Box, it’s their real big leap forward. Mirror Mirror is instead the band’s opinion of what makes them special – and then some. On its own terms, the album was fine enough but the band now views it as a failed experiment, something that wasn’t quite theirs. Sons & Daughters’ last album, This Gift, was overseen by producer-about-town Bernard Butler, whose all-round know-how of song structure and guitar upholstery was intended to exploit the Glaswegians’ virtues – feisty, spiky co-vocals, true grit, mercurial drama.
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