Working Class Love Poem
Label | Shadrack & Duxbury Records – OL001 |
Format | Vinyl, LP, Limited Edition, Coke Bottle Green Vinyl |
Barcode | 2090505261219 |
Country | UK |
Released | 2022 |
Genre | Rock |
In time travelling poems of love, loss and grief, Oliver James Lomax distils moments of his childhood into beautiful, almost cinematic vignettes. Coming of age through the looking glass, he explores the relationship he has with the memory of his grandparents, his precise eye capturing moments in time, anchored in a northern landscape, where most humble of experiences seem to take on a universal consciousness. This record sees the emergence of a hyper-vivid voice traveling through ruins and towns, locking antlers with folklore, telling the most broken of fables and the strangest tales with deft insight. He confronts his ancestors with an open heart and paints love and grief on these soundscapes with humour, beauty and raw urgency. These poems are set to beautifully crafted musical arrangements and soundscapes created by composer Mark Kyriacou which encapsulate the atmosphere and make listening, a transformative experience. Mark worked with the help of many fine musicians and vocalists. All 18 pieces were recorded in rooms in New York City, Andaluc�a, but mainly Mark's flat.
A1 | Last Poem Before Mars | 03:06 |
A2 | How The Addict’s Bed In The Remembrance Garden Got Me Thinking About Nan And Billie Holiday | 02:31 |
A3 | 3 Feet High And Rising | 03:03 |
A4 | A Poet Meets his Father For The First Time | 02:16 |
A5 | Rag & Bone | 02:30 |
A6 | A Pilgrimage | 00:39 |
A7 | Once I Had A Secret Love | 02:00 |
A8 | The Ring & Goodnight Sweetheart | 04:20 |
A9 | The Pact | 02:22 |
B1 | Swimming Durdle Door | 01:25 |
B2 | Walking In Staffordshire And Contemplating The Flag | 02:05 |
B3 | Working Class Love Poem | 02:51 |
B4 | Riversong | 02:04 |
B5 | Northangerland & Friday Night At The Grand Hotel Scarborough | 04:20 |
B6 | Songbird | 02:24 |
B7 | Toy Service | 03:31 |
B8 | A Poet Returns From Rydal Mount And Visits His Own Grandmother’s House | 02:48 |
B9 | Eve | 00:15 |
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