Wilco: Star Wars first listen review – an absolute blast

The Chicago band’s ninth album successfully blends Bowie space-glam, Beatles psychedelic singsong and Captain Beefheart weirdnessWilco’s surprise release of their ninth album – available as a free download from their website – comes four years after 2011’s universally acclaimed The Whole Love. That set of songs saw critics the world over showering superlatives on an album that most agreed was the work of a classic American band at the peak of their powers. “With The Whole Love, they�