Patrick Wolf - "Hard Times" (video)

His first EP came out when he was 19 years old, his first album a project a decade in the making. Now, turning 29, the flamboyant, domineering Patrick Wolf revisits the songs that have defined him, developing a new relationship with them, all while stripping them down to their bloody core ...

Wolf displays exceptional fragility and grace with these songs.

There is something of a lagging magician about Wolf. For all the (literal) bells and whistles in his music, it sometimes feels as though all his tricks are festooning his sleeves.