Elvis Costello: Look Now review – pretty but patchy

(Concord)“I sang every note of the new record after I got the diagnosis,” Elvis Costello confided recently. Last July, he cancelled a handful of dates after he toured too soon after surgery to remove a small tumour. Unsurprisingly, at its best, Look Now – Costello’s 31st album – comes freighted with vivid feeling as well as sophisticated instrumentation and arrangements.Stripping Paper is a tremendous vignette that peels back the layers of a relationship, from the f