Having transferred the cinematic post-rock of Sigur Ros to the dancefloor with his Balearic reworking of "Hoppipolla," British trance veteran Nick Bracegirdle, aka Chicane, appears to have become quite the Iceland-o-phile, judging by his sixth studio album, Thousand Mile Stare. The follow-up to 2010's Giants not only borrows yet again from Jonsi and company's back catalog, but also features two collaborations with another similar Reykjavik outfit, Vigri. His connection with the Nordic island is sometimes no bad thing, and Thousand Mile Stare is often a solid alternative to the hedonistic chart pop of David Guetta et al., but the album's rather unimaginative tried-and-tested approach also feels a little too familiar to get too excited about. ~ Jon O'Brien|

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