[2015-10-30] Guy Garvey (Elbow) "Courting The Squall" debut solo album (Polydor UK)

Linda · **Posted:** Mon Sep 21, 2015 4:23 pm

Description
Recorded initially at Real World Studios near Bath and completed at Blueprint Studios in Salford, ‘Courting the Squall’ features a band created by Guy from his ‘favourite musicians outside elbow’. Some tracks, notably ‘Angela’s Eyes’, ‘Harder Edges’ and ‘Belly of the Whale’, come completely from groove, finding a sweet spot between Manchester’s baggy past, long term love Tom Waits and Bowie’s mid-70’s albums, particularly ‘Sound and Vision’. The album title track, a trip hop rhythm propelled ballad and ‘Juggernaut’, a hymnal clothed in sedate populist clothing, may feel more immediately recognizable to long term followers of Guy’s music whilst ‘Broken Bottles and Chandeliers’, with its warmth, once again showcases his unerring ability to translate the sense of overwhelming joy into understated musical form.

It is, as with all solo albums, a glimpse into its creator’s soul. Shot through with warmth and emotional intelligence, content and comfortable in its own skin, ‘Courting the Squall’ is that most unique thing; a record made without preconditions, an album of songs made purely for the joy of its making.

Tracklist
1. Angela’s Eyes
2. Courting The Squall
3. Harder Edges
4. Unwind
5. Juggernaut
6. Yesterday
7. Electricity
8. Belly Of The Whale
9. Broken Bottles And Chandeliers
10. Three Bells

Amazon USA
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B015EFL2P2/?tag=imwan-20

Amazon UK
http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B015EFL2P2/?tag=imwan-21

Linda · **Posted:** Tue Sep 29, 2015 6:24 am

"Angela's Eyes":

Linda · **Posted:** Thu Oct 29, 2015 7:07 pm

The title track:

[2015-10-30] Guy Garvey (Elbow) "Courting The Squall" debut solo album (Polydor UK)

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