More standouts:
Cherries (35)
and now Genie In A Bottle (40, just released) is sounding amazing too
― imago, Monday, 1 June 2020 20:15 (three years ago) link
We're at #45 today, 'Darling', and it's aquatic ambient bliss. Cannot respect him and his wife enough for this extremely vast output. And it's free, people! Though he'd prefer it if you donate to Black Lives Matter, as per his Bandcamp.
The project is already of an intimidating size, I realise this, but more people need to hear the greatness of this massive project he's quitely building.
― Scampidocio (Le Bateau Ivre), Friday, 26 June 2020 17:40 (three years ago) link
I was wondering if this was still going!
― k*r*n koltrane (Simon H.), Friday, 26 June 2020 17:42 (three years ago) link
new album of odds n ends and some lockdown recordings
https://richardmichaeldawson.bandcamp.com/
― devvvine, Friday, 7 August 2020 11:11 (three years ago) link
o nice, will listen soon
― imago, Friday, 7 August 2020 11:59 (three years ago) link
very lovely, shorter instrumental pieces really hit the spot in this heat. the fifteen minute track feels like it could have gone on nothing important
― devvvine, Friday, 7 August 2020 12:06 (three years ago) link
i mean that would put it in the upper thousandth percentile of songs by anyone ever so
― imago, Friday, 7 August 2020 12:59 (three years ago) link
this is wonderful. is it just me or has his singing improved somewhat? I guess recording an EP a day or whatever could do that.
― the quar on drugs (Simon H.), Friday, 7 August 2020 13:30 (three years ago) link
awwww his little Newcastle United anthem is so dear
― imago, Friday, 7 August 2020 21:56 (three years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zL75N1NMIdg
the first single 'Trouble' was a total earworm too, think this will be better than the first one
― imago, Tuesday, 1 September 2020 14:41 (three years ago) link
lol the track sandwiched between the two singles on the album is actually titled 'Earworm', aiming high
2020 truly is the year of incredibly long albums huh
j/k I'm stoked for this
― unpaid intern at the darvo institute (Simon H.), Tuesday, 1 September 2020 15:06 (three years ago) link
https://www.theguardian.com/music/2020/sep/25/songs-about-sewage-and-space-travel-its-prog-folk-band-hen-ogledd
― joni mitchell jarre (anagram), Friday, 25 September 2020 12:14 (three years ago) link
the new Hen Ogledd album is an absolute delight!!!!!
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Wednesday, 30 September 2020 17:21 (three years ago) link
I'm enjoying the new one too. The last one was ok - a bit frontloaded qualitywise.
― Duke, Saturday, 17 October 2020 15:06 (three years ago) link
It's fine. Some nice moments. Far too much Bothwell, who's quite annoying (although Trouble is good)
― Chip-vill-A (imago), Saturday, 17 October 2020 15:07 (three years ago) link
I wonder when he's going to release the album with Circle.
― Duke, Saturday, 17 October 2020 15:25 (three years ago) link
It’s way too twee for me. Dawson lockdown bandcamp daily is where it’s at.
― Ilxor in the streets, Scampo in the sheets (Le Bateau Ivre), Saturday, 17 October 2020 15:48 (three years ago) link
https://www.nts.live/shows/richard-dawson
― just sayin, Sunday, 1 August 2021 21:08 (two years ago) link
new collaborative album with finnish experimental band circle out november 26, titled henki. it's apparently a "hypno-folk-metal" concept album about "special plants throughout history"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iO_FzRjmXiY
lead single "lily" is less awkward than a lot of the last album but doesn't really do much for me
― ufo, Monday, 13 September 2021 14:02 (two years ago) link
i quite like it, but the artwork is stunning
― nxd, Monday, 20 September 2021 15:41 (two years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nly2TwK4tio
oh i like this much more
― ufo, Monday, 25 October 2021 19:00 (two years ago) link
What do we think
I vacillate between 'good' and 'could have been better' on my first listen
― imago, Friday, 26 November 2021 12:48 (two years ago) link
Closing track tho
― imago, Friday, 26 November 2021 13:06 (two years ago) link
I hope to buy this locally later.
― Duke, Friday, 26 November 2021 17:33 (two years ago) link
solid, covering similarish ground to the last album but much improved
― ufo, Friday, 26 November 2021 21:39 (two years ago) link
I had been observing him from afar and I can say this works well for me as an introduction. The krautrock is unobtrusive and gives a solid foundation for his chanting and falsetto, I like how expansive this is, good collaboration. I was listening to late career Robert Wyatt and also early Genesis the other day and this is totally in line, thanks to the piano touches and the songwriting in different parts / playing with different voice levels. Methuselah and Lily especially could be on Nursery Cryme or Selling England. Sounds great as a revival, if it was the intention.
― Nabozo, Tuesday, 30 November 2021 08:45 (two years ago) link
Add Pitcher
― Nabozo, Tuesday, 30 November 2021 08:48 (two years ago) link
Maybe it’s just fated that this would be my favourite thing Dawson has done - just to frustrate and perplex imago.
It really is great though.
― Tim F, Tuesday, 30 November 2021 09:00 (two years ago) link
Hey I still really do like it! It feels to me like there's not quite enough Circle until Pitcher, but the flipside of that is plenty of Dawson
― imago, Tuesday, 30 November 2021 09:34 (two years ago) link
https://thequietus.com/articles/30858-circle-richard-dawson-interview
interview suggests the collaboration is likely to be continuing beyond this, with circle calling dawson their new lead singer & everything, they seem extremely enthusiastic about it all
― ufo, Tuesday, 30 November 2021 09:48 (two years ago) link
having circle as his backing band makes him going rock & really indulging his prog tendencies work so much better than on 2020, they're a really good fit. i'm revisiting 2020 and it still doesn't really move me - the songs are fine but the arrangements are so clunky
― ufo, Tuesday, 30 November 2021 10:01 (two years ago) link
That's cool! Very exciting and I'm certain it will produce brilliant music. Great interview and write-up too
I sort of agree that this album's instrumentation suits his rock/prog choices better overall, although 2020 got the songwriting absolutely spot on at times - and hey, Black Triangle did the heavy rock thing superbly!
― imago, Tuesday, 30 November 2021 10:04 (two years ago) link
love thisivy is a banger
― nxd, Tuesday, 30 November 2021 12:46 (two years ago) link
Still haven't heard this, my copy apparently won't arrive for another few weeks, but love the positive reception so far. Coming from this as a Circle fan might be interesting, I've only checked out a few Dawson songs in the past (fine, but he never fully clicked for me). I'm happy about whatever brings Circle back out of (relative) slumber and gets them excited again.
― a superficial sheeb of intelligence (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Tuesday, 30 November 2021 14:40 (two years ago) link
the one downside of dawson going full prog rock with circle is that it's not quite as distinct and singular as his previous work, and so something is lost there (i certainly still prefer peasant), but the results here are still very very good
― ufo, Wednesday, 1 December 2021 08:30 (two years ago) link
Nothing Important and Peasant both sui generis masterpieces ofc yes and both in my top 3 albums of the previous decade, but losing that guitar was like losing a limb - he has adapted really well, but...at least we got what we did get
― imago, Wednesday, 1 December 2021 08:46 (two years ago) link
yeah absolutely
there's still a little of the guitar but it's a shame there's not more
― ufo, Wednesday, 1 December 2021 08:57 (two years ago) link
i mean the specific guitar he made those two albums on. someone literally broke it beyond repair while he was touring Peasant and he took it as a cosmic sign and pivoted
― imago, Wednesday, 1 December 2021 09:06 (two years ago) link
Isn't there a little bit of myth-making here with this unique guitar story.
― Nabozo, Wednesday, 1 December 2021 09:19 (two years ago) link
I wouldn't say so. I've heard it from his own mouth that the strange sounds he got out of it inspired his playing style, and that style has been notable for its absence ever since
― imago, Wednesday, 1 December 2021 09:29 (two years ago) link
idk he's still very much working in that style on 2020 even if the sound is a bit different
― ufo, Wednesday, 1 December 2021 09:43 (two years ago) link
I havent been able to get this. My local shop has problems getting it delivered
― Duke, Wednesday, 1 December 2021 12:25 (two years ago) link
time to crack out the ol' internet streaming imo
― imago, Wednesday, 1 December 2021 12:27 (two years ago) link
What guitar do you mean? The travel sized acoustic? It was already pretty beaten up
― Duke, Wednesday, 1 December 2021 12:50 (two years ago) link
Yeah but it wasn't literally demolished by a careless band mate, and its weird acoustics were very much his muse
― imago, Wednesday, 1 December 2021 13:05 (two years ago) link
As a follow to this project up I'm hoping Jussi and Richard swap names and tour as Richard Dawson (Ex-Jussi Lehitsalo) and Jussi Lehtisalo (Ex-Richard Dawson).
― feed me with your clicks (Noel Emits), Wednesday, 1 December 2021 13:36 (two years ago) link
Sally gonna have to swap identities with Jussi's partner to prevent awkwardness imo
― imago, Wednesday, 1 December 2021 14:04 (two years ago) link
xp - lol Noel, wouldn't surprise me
― a superficial sheeb of intelligence (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Wednesday, 1 December 2021 14:47 (two years ago) link
What guitar do you mean? The travel sized acoustic? It was already pretty beaten up― Duke, Wednesday, 1 December 2021 13:50 (yesterday) bookmarkflaglinkYeah but it wasn't literally demolished by a careless band mate, and its weird acoustics were very much his muse― imago, Wednesday, 1 December 2021 14:05
― Duke, Wednesday, 1 December 2021 13:50 (yesterday) bookmarkflaglink
― imago, Wednesday, 1 December 2021 14:05
True. But I was always impressed by the huge chunk missing from the lower bout:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s-9osMKSyb0
― Duke, Wednesday, 1 December 2021 23:13 (two years ago) link