Warm, tender, gently-paced, calmly reflective, beautifully soothing, poetic, melancholic alternative folk and Americana by the band from Melbourne in their seventh LP in 15 years. Created in a remote location at Yara Valley in Melbourne, the stripped back sound, and beautiful, burnt orange, bruised sky visualisations all reflect the contemplative wide-open spaces and mountain views, with a live feel of gentle, warm acoustic guitar,banjo and other understated accompaniment, with Sam Bentley’s lead vocals, and backing from Christina Lacy and chief songwriter David Powys projecting a sensitive musical and lyrical voice. The albumtitle is a phrase Lacy wrote on a fogged-up bus window one morning, setting the tone of complex, contemplative, bittersweet emotions, loss, and quiet hope. Overall then, it’s a thing of minimalist beauty, with standouts including the gentle, warm waltz-time opener Morning Gum (“Spare me the news of the day / This world's bringing me down, but let me say / I get back for you my love”); the fuller indie-folk sound and lovely melody of Change of the Wind (“Mid-morning and I pour myself out / On to the hot bricks, bad news and a burning sun”), the subtle key changes and soloing on country-ish, uplifting longing of When The Lavender Blooms; the slow thrum and strum defiance of Shake Off The Rain or New Town, and the delicate banjo balance on Strongly In Your Arms. Beautiful and tender. Out on Nettwerk Music Group.
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