Ex-Crowded House man adds some subtle beats on second solo album.

Neil Finn can turn a prettier tune than almost anyone else alive but here he's added subtle beats & loops & found some unlikely collaborators in former Prince cohorts Wendy & Lisa. Credit to him for trying something different but at times it risks turning One Nil into an own goal. On Elastic Heart & Hole in the Ice, the beats are self-concious & comes close to ruining a pair of perfectly decent songs, & the best tracks are those like Last To Know, Turn And Round (sic) & Driving Me Mad, which are in the great lyrical tradition which Finn has always mined so well. Perhaps the album will prove to be a grower but it's nowhere near as immediate as Try Whistling This.
2/5