Liam Tarpey – Warm Up My Bones (Own Label).
Inspired to take up guitar at the age of 6 by hearing his cousin’s Pink Floyd albums, Liam Tarpey found his love of the blues in his teenage years. A music degree followed and during his time at University he managed to write, produce and record three solo albums. After basing himself in Spain he toured relentlessly and began to write songs for Warm Up My Bones. This begins with On My Neck, which is a high energy opener with a flurry of notes from Tarpey’s guitar. An instrumental blues/R&B crossover and a promising start. Krypto Blues is a Status Quo type rocking boogie and good fun at that too. The eponymous title track is a rough and ready blues – moody and wonderfully ragged whereas On Her Own is a slow blues with mournful vocals and classy guitar leading into a faster middle section. This is a standout and will be played again and again. There’s nothing spectacular about the high impact rocker, Lorraine but it will be one that is a crowd pleaser. It’s a showcase for his guitar and would have been a cracking closer.
Oyster Card Blues is a frantic acoustic slide offering and Let Me Know is a middle of the road, mid-paced soft rock and pretty harmless. The bouncy blues rock of Pennies has a good chorus whereas Never Again has a low key guitar and vocal opening with layers being added but it’s a strange one. The final song, Peter Panda, is a slow, atmospheric blues with clever guitar. However, it’s not my favourite as a closing track.
All in all I’m sure Liam Tarpey will be proud of this album, and with plenty of justification.
http://www.liamtarpey.com/
David Blue.
Inspired to take up guitar at the age of 6 by hearing his cousin’s Pink Floyd albums, Liam Tarpey found his love of the blues in his teenage years. A music degree followed and during his time at University he managed to write, produce and record three solo albums. After basing himself in Spain he toured relentlessly and began to write songs for Warm Up My Bones. This begins with On My Neck, which is a high energy opener with a flurry of notes from Tarpey’s guitar. An instrumental blues/R&B crossover and a promising start. Krypto Blues is a Status Quo type rocking boogie and good fun at that too. The eponymous title track is a rough and ready blues – moody and wonderfully ragged whereas On Her Own is a slow blues with mournful vocals and classy guitar leading into a faster middle section. This is a standout and will be played again and again. There’s nothing spectacular about the high impact rocker, Lorraine but it will be one that is a crowd pleaser. It’s a showcase for his guitar and would have been a cracking closer.
Oyster Card Blues is a frantic acoustic slide offering and Let Me Know is a middle of the road, mid-paced soft rock and pretty harmless. The bouncy blues rock of Pennies has a good chorus whereas Never Again has a low key guitar and vocal opening with layers being added but it’s a strange one. The final song, Peter Panda, is a slow, atmospheric blues with clever guitar. However, it’s not my favourite as a closing track.
All in all I’m sure Liam Tarpey will be proud of this album, and with plenty of justification.
http://www.liamtarpey.com/
David Blue.
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