‘It’s the album’s criminally infectious lead single, I Wanna Talk 2 U, that has Cale chattering at his most overtly listenable. Composed in part by Brian Burton there’s a luscious, if disjointed harmony at its core that’s more West Coast than Southwest Walian as it stands out as A Girl Like You of the current class. And when Cale isn’t striving for the current, he’s still nearing the top of it. There or thereabouts.’

Dots & Dashes review the début of crafty Velvet John Cale on Domino imprint Double Six, Shifty Adventures In Nookie Wood…