Released: January 1st 2007

‘Bluebells’ is the perfect winter single. Wouldn’t it be great to skip these bleak, never-ending days? Patrick Wolf seems to think so: “so leave me sleeping/dreaming only of spring”.

Despite what Patrick has said about moving on to a new musical inspiration, this single could easily slip in to the ‘Wind In The Wires’ era. It’s got the dreamy, bittersweet feel to it that his sophomore record carries like a charm, and yet it’s certainly more hopeful; with fireworks whistling and popping distantly, and a tinkling xylophone over a more conventional and languid piano and guitar melody. It winds up like a jack-in-the-box and instead of popping unexpectedly, firmly unwinds.

Such a pity that ‘Bluebells’ is confined to a digital release, it almost begs for something tangible to complement its full sound.

Previously published on This Is Fake DIY.