The Singing Skies Routine and War(2011)[FLAC]

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Routine and War [2011]Preservation032



1 Acting Fine -Derrig-Hall 5:20
2 Say Your Goodnights to the Moon -Derrig-Hall 4:32
3 Greet the Sunrise -Derrig-Hall 4:16
4 A Message from the Cliffs -Derrig-Hall 3:44
5 Loaded Dice -Derrig-Hall 2:33
6 Tried and Trying -Derrig-Hall 3:00
7 Spreading Secrets -Derrig-Hall 3:57
8 Wandering West -Derrig-Hall 3:48
9 Routine and War -Derrig-Hall 4:32
10 When the Others Have Gone -Derrig-Hall 3:02

A lovely album of evolved alt.country from Singing Skies, the songwriting project of Sydney’s Kell Derrig-Hall. He might be from Oz, but this music is Americana, make no mistake, with a classy yet bleary-eyed Nashville vibe that really reminds us those recent Mickey Newbury reissues, and of course more modern standard-bearers likes Lambchop, Evan Dando and Whiskeytown. The songs are rooted in tradition, but buck convention and predictability: Derrig-Hall’s guitar playing is nicely elliptical and digressive, the downhome chamber instrumentation that accompanies him –banjos, piano, strings arranged by Biddy Connor, crystalline vocal harmonies from the wonderful Tsamoglu – sparse and haunting, if oddly reassuring too. Refreshingly honest, beautifully written, performed and recorded music for all the broken-hearted cowboys and cowgirls among you.

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