Holy Weather by Civil Twilight

Holy Weather, the second album from Cape Town's Civil Twilight, came out on Wind-up Records on 26 March 2012, written and recorded in the years after their self-titled debut. It reached shops in the United States, the United Kingdom, Canada and back home in South Africa. The band is two brothers, singer Steven McKellar (who also handles bass and keys) and guitarist Andrew McKellar, plus Richard Wouters on percussion and Kevin Dailey on keyboards and backing vocals.

This is big-sky alternative rock: chiming guitars, swelling keys and a voice that keeps climbing for the rafters. Plenty of reviewers heard early U2 in it, and the notices were mostly warm. "Fire Escape" is the standout. Story of an Immigrant followed in 2015, the last of the band's three albums.

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