Graham Reid | | <1 min read
Keeping Up Appearances
From time to time Elsewhere will single out a recent release we recommend on vinyl, like this which comes in electric blue with a booklet of Fisher's thoughts about the making of the album, the lyrics for which you need a microscope to read and a classy art school cover.
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Former Goodshirt singer-songwriter Fisher – who subsequently enjoyed a solo career but also spent a lot of time managing venues and assisting other artists – now relaunches himself with The Response.
This is a sophisticated collection of quiet, crafted, atmospheric guitar-based pop which sets his sometimes wistful vocals and reflective lyrics against gentle electronic elements.
Folksy dream pop (By the Sea), yacht-rock (Keeping Up Appearances with Terrible Sons), a lovely ballad (Take It Slow) and straight-ahead but dialed-back pop (Fate).
Just a little along the lines of Neil Finn's airy albums (Dizzy Heights, Out of Silence) but more folksy, if you are looking for a reference point.
At its heart this is serious (the glistening Something Nothing) but tempered by a sense of optimism.
Quite something.
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You can hear and buy this album at bandcamp here.
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