Wytch Hazel - IV: Sacrament - LP

For many all-time-great rock bands in the ascendant, the fourth album is often the point where youthful years of febrile creativity and progressive momentum culminate in a masterwork for the ages, setting the seal on an early signature sound while opening it up to future possibilities.

From enchanting 2016 debut Prelude, through 2018’s assured II: Sojourn, to 2020’s wizardly III: Pentecost, each Wytch Hazel album has embodied that old-fashioned notion of unstoppable progress, and the glittering treasure chest that is IV: Sacrament proves eminently worthy of rising to the toughest challenge.

Not just the Lancashire quartet’s most classically beautiful production, but their strongest yet front-to-back collection of affecting hooks and ageless melodies.

Side A:
1. The Fire’s Control / 2. Angel Of Light / 3. Time And Doubt / 4. Strong Heart / 5. Deliver Us

Side B:
6. A Thousand Years / 7. Gold Light / 8. Future Is Gold / 9. Endless Battle / 10. Digging Deeper