Up is an atmospheric journey & some critics have compared it with the bands delicate & emotionally revealing gem Automatic for the People, but Up is more ambitious & creative, undercut with drama & sonic experimentation. The melodies are generally spare, the beats sparse. Guitars flicker in & out, providing tension & dynamics, while quivering strings, layered keyboards, & washes of feedback colour the songs like textured lines of paint in an oil portrait. More than a decade after