So this is interesting. It starts off in a very similar vein, a kind of cooky west coast float with lilting piano and a slightly affected tone. But by the fourth or fifth track it's already morphing into something way more tantalising, an unusual hint that there is a lot more depth, a lot more quirk, a lot more weirdness still to come. And that can only be a good thing. From the (almost) title track we're into Full House which has a sense of a lot more going on than just songs about wild and windy moors. There's a Steely Dan vibe coming in to play, another FM band who still managed to be interesting.
Kashka from Baghdad has an amazing bassline and hints of PJ Harvey in the semi-chorus. There's a vaguely Rock the Casbah piano line in there too which is a positive move away from the slightly more trad keyboards to date.
Coffee Homeground is probably the most out-there track to date. A bit of Cabaret, a bit of Franz Ferdinand/Sparks, there's a lot going on. A curio perhaps, but still a fun track. Hammer Horror was the single, though it didn't do much, and it is certainly more commercial than the preceding track. She's doing what she wants to do which is great, though I wonder how it was greeted at the time.
Looking ahead, this is probably the least hit-heavy album for a while, but I actually really like it. It would benefit from repeated listens I think. Is it possible I prefer Kate Bush to Joy Division?