Part eulogy (for a friend who died), part celebration of peripheral moments which inform the everyday with flecks of epiphany, the songs (titles like Half the World, Wedding Party and Summer’s on Its Way are as evocative as the work of Edward Hopper) bleed into a poised, tingling whole. Fin de Siecle is a gorgeous Nyman-esque instrumental, but this voice can sing “the cars are in the garden now” over and over and leave you marvelling at its poetic accuracy. On the closing After Dark he offers, “Life goes by and you learn / How to watch your bridges burn,” and gently brooks no argument. [Source]
New Music United 