Drift Rec.
The R.G.Morrison : Learning about Loathing (UK,2005)****
The album has many details in the, -well produced-, arrangements, while the clarity of the songs (in content and the melodious character) is floating on top of it all. On “Night Falls”, a veil of strings is pulling behind the song, like an emotional encouragement to the content. “Funeral for a Foe” starts with a fuzz keyboard drone and church death bell, with drifting experimental sounds, before a more heavy emotional energy shivers through the group’s performance. “Kentucky’s Favourite Son” has a much more happy Kentucky folk energy, recalling banjo flavours without using any banjo. Most tracks are softer ballads lead by acoustic guitar mostly. A recommended singer-songwriter album.
R.G.Morrison (who played lots of instruments himself), has four more members in his band : D.Hart, J.R.Lamb, S.J. Grainger, and S.A.Megee, and had the help of a string trio : Sara Khoroosi, Sarah Feltham-Chesshire and Gabriel Stebbing.
