Andy Carthy's past record, Keep It Unreal, was a beautifully crafted surprise filled with lush orchestration and slow jazz beats. But it was the closing track that got everyone talking about Mr.

Sometimes less is indeed more, and that's a notion that Andy Carthy (a.k.a. Mr. Scruff) seems to have taken to heart on his fifth album. Eschewing the abundant orchestration and quirky humour ...