Leírás
Folk Pop/Rock, Americana, Alternative Country, Pop,
Limited edition DIGI pack CD kiadvány, 2021-es album.
CD Gatefold card sleeve (Limited Edition). Following a similar recording process as in 2018’s acclaimed “El Tapado”, UK Americana pioneer ALAN TYLER (The Rockingbirds) releases his new solo album, „Made in MIddlesex”. Made In Middlesex is the new album from Alan Tyler, lead singer and main songwriter for the much-loved London country band The Rockingbirds. It presents a set of songs clearly reflecting the period during which it was recorded; a time both febrile and uncertain interspersed with longueurs of enforced quiet and reflection. A mix of the public and the personal, thoughts on life’s landmarks and inevitable change, retaining more than a hint of self-deprecation and country leanings.
The album’s opener, ‘Somewhere Better’, first surfaced in the distant days of autumn 2019, reflecting hopes of some more positive resolution to the polarised atmospheres of that particular season. Its realisation perhaps imagined in the upbeat jangle of ‘Spring’ where harpsichord effects celebrate fresh starts and challenges. Both ‘Mercy’ and ‘Saint Saturnine’ carry airs of folky reminiscence and dashes of regret while ‘Lucky People’ with its definite lean towards ‘on hold’ muzak reflects wryly on the ‘click and collect’ automated lifestyles of our ‘new normal’. ‘Yesterday’s Chips’ [which Tyler describes as a „cancel culture cautionary tale”] combines a nice play on an old cliché with gentle self-deflation; a tongue-in-cheek caper, as is ‘Write Another Country Song’ which delightfully has its cake and eats it too.
‘Write Another Country Song’ had its first outing as part of We Love The Betsey Too an online celebration and fund-raiser for The Betsey Trotwood pub located on Farringdon Road in London’s Clerkenwell where Alan hosts the long-standing Come Down & Meet The Folks club. The reopening of both the pub and the club herald a return of better days; „Made in Middlesex” arriving to soundtrack them is right, proper, and most welcome.
Felállás:
Alan Tyler – vocals, acoustic guitar, synths, programming
Sean Read – backing vocals, percussion, recording, production
Patrick Ralla – electric guitar
Eddie Real – drums
Rick Batey – bass
YouTube video:
„Yesterday’s Chips” (official audio): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qJuMS5uwGYE
„Lucky People” (official video): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k7kPMx0NI1g
Felvételek:
1. Somewhere Better
2. London
3. Lucky People
4. Mercy
5. Saint Saturnine
6. Spring
7. No Cure For
8. You’ve Got Me
9. Yesterday’s Chips
10. Write Another Country Song
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