A beautiful, profound, utterly absorbing second LP by the trio of current British poet laureate, Simon Armitage, singer-songwriter Richard Walters and multi-instrumentalist and producer Patrick J Pearson. Climate change is a running theme in the perfectly weighted, highly vivid spoken lyrics, from opener Paradise Lost, Seasons Out of Phase, The Bitter End (about a lost crashed aeroplane revealed by melting ice) to closing track To The Fashion Industry in Crisis. Presidentially Yours cuttingly references the rotting effects of arrogant political popularism of the past few years. Overall, inevitably this is a very poetic album, combined with sublime music, and among the most powerful is The Song Thrush and the Mountain Ash, a heartbreaking depiction of visiting a confused elderly relative during the pandemic who doesn’t understand why human contact isn’t possible. Other standouts include a stomping, and humorous depiction of an old-school music fan, Living Legend, and Fishing Flies about a culture of advertising and digital culture. Rich, vivid, profound. Out on North / Clue Records / Universal.
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