Recorded in the same sessions as A Bit of Previous, Late Developers doesnt feel like a collection of lesser-than songs that werent good enough to go on the real record. Rather, its an embrace of the freedom that comes with a jumbo-sized canvas, skilled students left unsupervised to paint whatever picture they feel like. Late Developers takes you on a journey as the band floats through genres with ease from the frantic Billy Bragg-with-hella-flute-energy of the opening track and what I think might be Stevie Jacksons best song, into a legit all-out radio-ready dance party in the third quarter of the record which includes a Belle & Sebastian first, a co-write with young pop composer Pete Ferguson. They then unearth a 1994-era pre-Belle and Sebastian tune, with the help of Camera Obscuras Tracyanne Campbell right before they bring you home at the end with a true bop.
1 Juliet Naked
2 Give a Little Time
3 When We Were Very Young
4 Will I Tell You a Secret
5 So in the Moment
6 The Evening Star
7 When You’re Not with Me
8 I Don’t Know What You See in Me
9 Do You Follow
10 When the Cynics Stare Back from the Wall
11 Late Developers