SWEET BILLY PILGRIM
twice born men
Release Date: 23/07/2009
back in stock due to mercury prize nomination. remember how wilco's experimental album 'yankee hotel foxtrot' turned out to be simply a series of brilliant pop songs? same thing here. what makes 'twice born men' truly special is the way the indefinable floatiness of the verses is merely the springboard for a succession of delicious pop choruses. tinkering about somewhere between the earthy and the ethereal, sweet billy pilgrim scrape strings and tap away at laptops trying to make beautiful things with steady hands and empty pockets. it's the best album of its kind since elbow's all-conquering 'the seldom seen kid'. that the 30-voice choir finale...is all him is just one of many miracles this jewel yields. presented as ever in a beautiful digipak featuring exquisite artwork from the wonderful tactia dean and designed by chris bigg. on the samadhisound label.
| CD code: soundcdss015 | 10.99 GBP |
