Poor Boy On The Wire
Label | Sophomore Lounge – SL124Cardinal Fuzz – CFUL0221 |
Format | Vinyl, LP, Album |
Barcode | 2090505139754 |
Country | US |
Released | 03 Dec 2021 |
Genre | Rock, Folk, World, & Country |
Style | Lo-Fi |
Over the last decade-and-a-half, C Joynes has ploughed a singular furrow through solo guitar, with a body of work incorporating English folk-tunes alongside North and West African music, and lifting proto-minimalist and improvised techniques from the European classical and avant-garde traditions. 'Poor Boy On The Wire' is his first full album dedicated wholly to the electric guitar. Through a typically wide-ranging set, Joynes exploits the instrument's potential by placing intricate parlour music alongside overdriven garage blues throw-downs, wiry electric folk and the brittle ringing tones of free improvisation. However, these explorations of the tones and timbres of close-mic'd guitars and amplification retain an overall coherence and unity through the deliberate use of a limited palette of budget instruments and vintage equipment. Limited to 250 copies on black vinyl.
A1 | Barricades | |
A2 | They Are Beautiful, They Will Never Die | |
A3 | Waverly Cross | |
A4 | Mapperly Part To Atlow Moat To Leamoor Derby Road | |
A5 | Nuevo Tango | |
A6 | Redwing | |
A7 | Our Prayer | |
B1 | Night Over Djerba | |
B2 | Goold's Bicycle | |
B3 | Red Sleeves | |
B4 | Someone To Watch Over Me | |
B5 | Tigers & Lions |