THE KNOWLEDGE (2LP)

Import LP, 12-track pressing. Two years on from the critically acclaimed Top 20 success of aeCradle To The GraveAE (the bandAEs first set of new songs this century), aeThe KnowledgeAE sees our heroes broaden their musical canvas, as evident on the opening aeInnocence In ParadiseAE with its pedal steel and cinematic atmosphere evoking images of the mythical western. But donAEt be wrong-footed by that curveball compass point, because Squeeze are still very much part of the fabric of South London. Two years on from the critically acclaimed Top 20 success of aeCradle To The GraveAE (the bandAEs first set of new songs this century), aeThe KnowledgeAE sees our heroes broaden their musical canvas, as evident on the opening aeInnocence In ParadiseAE with its pedal steel and cinematic atmosphere evoking images of the mythical western. But donAEt be wrong-footed by that curveball compass point, because Squeeze are still very much part of the fabric of South London.