LOVE, Dexys Midnight Runners latest, possibly last ever album, is a luminous collection of scenes and reckonings. Stories of family and friends, tales from past and present.

All drawn from Kevin Rowlands life, each an individual jewel, threaded together with love. Songs begun three decades ago sit alongside those written in the last year. A vivid depiction of Rowland’s Irish immigrant childhood [My Life in England Pt 1]; a moving letter to his grandchildren [Youre Alright]; a wistful moment at the start of a love affair [I Want To Be Holding You Next Christmas]; a pin-perfect portrait of time spent with a dying parent [Once A Man, Twice A Child]; the difficulties of relationships when you’re older [Old Love].

All deeply personal, all true, all here; the full human span of relationships, family and intimate emotion.