Pure Rec.
Roddy Woomble : My secret is my silence (UK,2006)****
I had to listen many times before I was able to review this album, and each listen made it a grower on me. Almost each song sounds like a wartmth-bringing ballad, from quiet acoustic styled tracks to the Indierock style with a Smiths and REM touch, both very attractive in an almost poprock ability. Never the less also Scottish and Irish folk influences peep through, with second vocals by Kate Rusby and perhaps Karine Polwart and the folk violin by John McCusker, and a few other arrangements, making the range of expression conjure the land from where it comes. The lyrics are thoughtful, and especially the title track lingers. A promising independent release and talent that deserves to be heard on bigger popular radiostations. Roddy Woomble is known before from his group Idlewild. Members of this band as well as from Sons and Daughtersparticipated. Produced by John McCusker.
