Nighttown

With Nighttown the Walkabouts built on their Devil’s Road success to fully dive into smoky nightclub feelings that absolutely were in line with a late 1990s vibe among such acts ranging from Portishead to Nick Cave to the Tindersticks, moody as hell and with just the right approach to orchestration courtesy of Mark Nichols. Arguably Glenn Slater’s keyboards had never been more important on a Walkabouts album, while Chris Eckman and Carla Torgerson’s singing throughout conveyed suppressed fire on songs like “Follow Me An Angel” and “Harbour Lights.”