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Heart of the Matter 
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 Posted: March 03 2021 at 06:39 |
Not easy to get your signature on paper! 
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SteveG
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Posted: March 03 2021 at 05:28 |
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Yeah, I'm not jumping the gun until I hear it all the way through. Chas Cronk doing a vocal sounds interesting. And I just looked at the review by Heart Of The Matter and he seemed more impressed by the songwriting then the songs, lol, but again, we'll see.
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Posted: March 02 2021 at 11:34 |
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Steve, the title track and "Judgement Day" are both growers. For the former, Cousins' angry voice can be a bit grating but the music is great...I just wish his "we're nobody's fools" had only been used a couple of times rather than 4! But of the 9 tracks on the streaming/vinyl, Cousins only sings in 5 which is good. With "Judgment Day", it's really just a very long groove that they play in with interesting time signature. Unusual for Strawbs. But when you put it all together as a package it works well.. I only have heard the streaming version which doesn't include the bonus tracks but I think it's as good as Ferryman's curse, possibly a bit better, but time will tell.
Nice to see a positive review by Heart of the Matter today. Brief but hits the nail on the head Edited by kenethlevine - March 02 2021 at 11:37 |
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SteveG
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Posted: March 02 2021 at 06:06 |
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^ Still waiting for mine to come in the post, as I still dig physical product. I was bit underwhelmed by the two advance tracks released so far, so I hope your thoughts on the rest of the songs are correct.
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kenethlevine
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Posted: March 01 2021 at 16:25 |
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well I have to say this is a really good album. It may not have anything as majestic as "When the Spirit Moves" but it also doesn't have anything as dire as the title cut to Ferryman's Curse. Blue Weaver's production also seems clearer than Chris Tsangarides', and Dave Bainbridge's keyboards are more succinct and suited to the classic Strawbs sound this time around. There is a very folky number sung by Dave Lambert to banjo and dulcimer accompaniment and two beautiful instrumentals, one of which is almost the second part of that folky number. John Ford sings lead on another highlight track. Cousins' voice is a bit weaker still but I'll still take whatever he can give us. I have just been listening on spotify which is basically the LP tracklist, the CD having 3 additional tracks that I haven't heard.
Any other comments?
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SteveG
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Posted: December 05 2020 at 13:45 |
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Yes, the way things are going music wise with this virus, I'll take a half good album.
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Posted: December 05 2020 at 13:33 |
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John Ford and Cathryn Craig will be guesting on the album.
Amazing how they put it together. Let's hope the product is half as amazing
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SteveG
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Posted: December 05 2020 at 12:40 |
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Yes, I heard rumors for months but saw nothing on their website until now. Very cheeky.
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Posted: December 05 2020 at 12:35 |
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It sounds interesting, indeed, looked at their site and what Cousins had to say about it.
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SteveG
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Posted: December 05 2020 at 12:19 |
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A new Strawbs studio album has been recorded and will be available on Feb. 26/2021. The album is titled Settlement and features Dave Cousins, Dave Lambert, Chas Cronk, Tony Fernandez and Dave Bainbridge from Iona.
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