Name: Ever-Roving Eye
Brand: James Elkington

Bonus disc

Bonus disc: No

Catalogue number

POB050LPC1

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Green

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Green Glass

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Download code

Download code: Yes

Rough Trade Exclusive

Rough Trade Exclusive: No

Extended format

Extended format: Yes

Format detail

140 Gram Vinyl with Printed Inner.

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Format Music GB

Limited edition

Release date

2020-04-10

Signed copies

Signed copies: No

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Standard:20

UPC / Barcode

843563103791

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1 / Extended format: Yes / LP / Rough Trade Exclusive: No / Signed copies: No / green

POB050LP

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Black

Extended format: No

843563118764

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1 / Extended format: No / LP / Rough Trade Exclusive: No / Signed copies: No / black

POB050CD

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Housed in Gatefold Sleeve.

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843563118771

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1 / CD / Extended format: No / Rough Trade Exclusive: No / Signed copies: No

Artist

James Elkington

Genre GB

Singer Songwriter

Label GB

Paradise of Bachelors

Chicago-based British guitarist and singer.

Paradise of Bachelors is a record label, company, and archive based in North Carolina. With a passion for preserving and promoting *authentic* music, the label has become a trusted source for music enthusiasts worldwide.

Founded with the aim of supporting independent artists and showcasing their talent, Paradise of Bachelors has built a reputation for releasing high-quality records across various genres. From folk to country, blues to rock, the label's diverse roster ensures there is something for every music lover.

With an unwavering commitment to exceptional sound quality and artistic integrity, Paradise of Bachelors consistently delivers unique listening experiences. By collaborating closely with its artists throughout the creative process, the label fosters an environment that allows musicians to fully express themselves.

Chicago songwriter and guitarist James Elkington who has collaborated with everyone from Richard Thompson to Jeff Tweedy to Tortoise recorded his sophomore album at Wilco’s Loft, expanding upon his celebrated 2017 debut Wintres Woma as well as his recent production and arrangement work for the likes of Steve Gunn, Nap Eyes, and Joan Shelley. Casting glances back to British folk traditions as well as toward avant-garde horizons, these brilliant new songs, as accessible as they are arcane, buttress Elkington’s brisk guitar figures and baritone poesy with strings, woodwinds, and backing vocals by Tamara Lindeman of the Weather Station.

Where the first record was more firmly situated in the sonic tradition of England’s more interesting 1970s folk revivalists, Eye engages in a broader wrassle, roping in echoes of British library musics, horror-film soundtracks, demure psychedelia, and more rocking elements of folk-rock. The result is a record even more elaborate, shrewd, thoughtful and confessional than its predecessor. Ever-Roving Eye is instead a sublime distillation of the humane wisdom of a dude who’ll never be; the dude who sings on the single, Nowhere Time: “There’s a master plan somebody understands / And I wish that one was me.” It might well cast a pox on the concept of satisfaction altogether.

For fans of Bert Jansch, Kevin Ayers, Richard Thompson, Joan Shelley, Steve Gunn, Michael Chapman, Mike Cooper, Ryley Walker, Scott Walker.

Ever-Roving Eye

Music GB

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