[2019-02-08] Michael Chapman "True North" (Paradise Of Bachelors)

Linda · **Posted:** Thu Nov 29, 2018 12:23 am

Description
The masterful follow-up to his universally celebrated 2017 album 50, Michael Chapman's True North finds the elder statesman of British songwriting and guitar plumbing an even deeper deep and honing an ever keener edge to his iconic writing. This authoritative set of predominantly new, and utterly devastating, songs hews to a more intimate sonic signature - more atmospheric, textural, and minimalist than 50, stately and melancholy in equal measure. Recorded in rural West Wales, True North unflinchingly surveys home and horizon, traveling from the Bahamas to Texas to the Leeds of Chapman's childhood, haunted by the mirages of memory and intimations of mortality. Joining him on this introspective journey is a cast of old friends and new disciples: once again Steve Gunn produces and plays guitar, and fellow UK songwriting hero Bridget St John sings, collaborating with cellist Sarah Smout and legendary pedal steel player BJ Cole, who has accompanied everyone from John Cale to Scott Walker, Elton John to Terry Allen, Felt to Björk to Brian Eno.

Tracklist
1. It's Too Late
2. After All This Time
3. Vanity & Pride
4. Eleuthera
5. Bluesman
6. Full Bottle, Empty Heart
7. Truck Song
8. Caddo Lake
9. Hell To Pay
10. Youth Is Wasted On The Young
11. Bon Ton Roolay

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07KLQRNPT/?tag=imwan-20

Linda · **Posted:** Fri Jan 25, 2019 5:51 pm

The album has been pushed back to February 8th. Here are some audio samples:

[2019-02-08] Michael Chapman "True North" (Paradise Of Bachelors)

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