“Fourteen years after the Manchester alt rockers called it quits, they return with a second album of outsized yearning and arena-scaled ambitions, with the sincerity turned up to 11.”
“"Epic" is often used when people really mean theatrical. Most music described as epic is simply not that; rather, it's long or bombastic or, as is the case with Manchester's WU LYF, it's just real big: in emotions, in melodies and in themes. WU LYF have always been a pretty conceptual band. From their initial formation in 2008, the members — led by singer Ellery James Roberts — kept personal info”
