The jarring opening to the latest album from Daniel Knox – “I wanna be right where I’m supposed to be; I wanna kill everyone close to me…” – sets the record up to be lyrically fascinating. A title taken from The Wizard Of Oz, ‘Won’t You Take Me With You’ is the fifth studio album from the American singer-songwriter.

The bouncy piano in ‘King Of The Ball’ with jazzy wind instruments complementing it elicits images of New Orleans at night. The walking bassline makes it feel like you could be walking through those streets seeing everything Knox does. This atmosphere is carried on into ‘Vinegar Hill’, which is a particular highlight of the album and draws obvious comparisons to Leonard Cohen, but also the solo work of…