In the two years since Flick The Vs, the new King Creosote material has appeared only in collaboration or difficult to obtain the forms: with the Burns Unit and Meursault and Animal Magic Tricks on the one hand, as a collection of vinyl fence or label Bit weird live performance at the Festival Homegame on the other. Diamond Mine, the result of years of "free time" working between KC Kenny Anderson and Jon Hopkins electronics teacher, is a stunningly beautiful set heartbreaking Anderson puts the spotlight on tenor, backed by guitar, piano, accordion and violin. Hopkins contribution is subtle, but fundamental: their soundscapes act as codas of certain songs, or maybe pillows between them, evoking a sound portrait of the coast of Fife King Creosote calls home. Despite its long gestation, this is the most perfectly complete an album that is likely to hear.
