5. I Am Kloot
Saturday - Big Top The Manc veterans and peers to Elbow are six studio albums into a sprawling career and, in the last few years, they have finally begun to obtain the plaudits and critical acclaim that their meld of lo-fi indie and melancholia-tinged folk deserves. Prepare for a set-list mixed with songs so heartbreakingly bittersweet theyll make grown men cry, coupled with some of their more optimistic belters. Key to it all are John Bramwells earnest and ferociously honest lyrics which he delivers in his inimitable frank but fragile style.
Key track: Proof
For fans of: Elbow, Puressence