Album Review: Crying The Neck by Patrick Wolf

Following a long hiatus brought about by trials and tribulations, a glorious return from one of our most distinctive artists It’s been a long 13 years since Patrick Wolf last released an original studio album (2012’s Sundark And Riverlight was made up of re-recorded acoustic versions of released material, while 2023’s tentative return, The Night Safari, was an EP), and it’s fair to say he’s been through the mill in the interim. That last album, 2011’s Lupercalia, seemed to be the one that would finally see him cross over to the mainstream. Instead, he’s been battling various addictions, was declared bankrupt, survived a hit and run incident while on holiday in Venice, and in 2018 lost his mother to cancer.

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After a decade-long recording hiatus, Patrick Wolf released the EP The Night Safari in April 2023. The mouth of misfortune conjured up on the song "Enter the Day" had spat him out at last and he landed in East Kent, just where he needed to be. The London-born multi-instrumentalist, often pigeonholed as a folktronica artist, was still only 28 when his fifth LP, 2011's Lupercalia, cracked the UK Top 40.

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Opening with irresistibly delicate piano chords, Patrick Wolf's seventh album – his first in twelve years – marks a truly emphatic return. Deftly delivered lyrics are full of devastating honesty, “feet don’t fail me now, don’t fail me again” reveal a raw depth of feeling from the onset. A vivid tale of his long and arduous road from ruin through grief and addiction to transformation is felt throughout.

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