“It's his second album of the year with Aaron Dessner”
“You may be yet to consider Ed Sheeran for the position of modern-day national bard but, on the face of it, he’s a strong contender. He’s got the relevance and clout – the 32-year-old is by many metrics the most popular artist in this country, and has been for the past decade – and he’s got the persona: his entire public identity might be summed up as “utterly unremarkable British bloke” (albeit on”
“Earlier this year, Ed Sheeran went on an Album Campaign. It was for ‘-’ (pronounced Subtract), the final entry into his ‘mathematical-themed’ series, the decade-long run of albums that included 2011 debut ‘+’ and 2017’s chart behemoth ‘÷’. He went at lengths to do something that he’d actively avoided previously, mining his personal life and explaining what was going on behind the scenes: his best ”
