The Proclaimers - Notes & Rhymes

• Martin C Strong
• 25 June 2009

(W14-Universal)

Hardly taking a breath from an award-winning theatre musical (Sunshine on Leith) and a triumphant global tour last year, the Hibee-supporting twins get all-emotional on their eighth set, Notes & Rhymes.

Probably Scotland’s top export, and still cool with it, the prolific Proclaimers attract an eclectic pop fanbase, thirsty for their lyrical brogue of honest Celtabilly. N&R highlights come via tearjerker, ‘Sing All Our Cares Away’ (surely a chart-topper to-be), ‘Love Can Move Mountains’ (a rival to Waterboys’ ‘Whole of the Moon’), ‘Three More Days’ and ‘I Know’. Chuffing brill.