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Ed Sheeran: Play review – subcontinental sounds and shards of darkness – but still unmistakably him


Despite embracing Indian and Persian sounds, Sheeran’s eighth album goes back to basics after two records of muted melancholy – albeit with some surprising undercurrents

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