Library Rock's Backpages

Lewis Capaldi: Divinely Uninspired to a Hellish Extent

David Bennun, Metro, 15 May 2019

IF EVER A record's title amounted to that "Come on, then!" gesture from a pub squabble, Lewis Capaldi's is surely it. Still early into a career it would be fair to call meteoric – he has sold out a prospective arena tour before releasing this, his debut album – the heart-on-sleeve power balladeer already looks set to be one of those acts grasped by the public to its collective bosom while critics look on bewildered.

Total word count of piece: 255

Subscribe

Becoming a member is easy. Membership gives you access to all the thousands of articles in the library.

Click here to go to Subscribe page.

Click here for academic and other group subscriptions.