Return of the Mac? This fine duo album raises hopes.
The Fleetwood Mac family tree has so many branches, you’d be forgiven for thinking that there couldn’t be a single gnarled knot or sturdy off-shoot left unexplored. Then along comes a duo LP by Lindsey Buckingham and Christine McVie, providing timely proof that the venerable old oak just keeps on growing. It’s an intriguing combination. McVie is Mac’s most direct and assured melodicist; Buckingham the band’s appointed experimentalist, the man who harried Tusk to the edges of lunatic invention. She sings of love with an airy sweetness; he explores existential turbulence with a tight, nervy urgency, synapses forever snapping. The pair have written before within the band – “World Turning”, “Mystified” and “You And I Pts I & II” are among the results – but not so frequently that their collaboration comes with any defined expectations. In any case, only three of these 10 tracks are jointly credited. The remainder were written alone. Yet despite Buckingham doing most of the heavy lifting (he contributes five songs, and plays most of the music) the pair’s differing sensibilities dovetail nicely, resulting in something instantly familiar and remarkably fresh.
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