Chris While and
Julie Matthews – Infinite Sky (Fat Cat Records).
BBC Folk Award winners, While and Matthews, are widely
respected musicians and songwriters and this, their 8th studio
album, gives indications as to why. Harmonies abound is tracks such as This
Beautiful Life and Hope Springs, both on the cusp of Folk and Country. They
move firmly into the realm of Country with Shaky Town, Broken Crash Barrier and
Come On Over, the latter being the stand out track on the album. I Apologise
and Half A World Away are both gentle and hypnotic and are prime examples of
their excellent songwriting skills. There are some less successful songs with
the slightly morose Nie Weider (Never Again) which has well-meant sentiments
but just not for me and South America (Come Home Soon) which is a bit twee but
the tight harmonies come to the rescue as they do on the patchy Inconvenient
Hero. Gravity is too one paced and sounds a little bit like These Dreams by
Heart but without the impact of the chorus. All in all this is a fine album by
excellent musicians and top class songwriters. A good introduction into the
world of While and Matthews.
David Blue.
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