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McGlashan ,Don: Warm Hand | |
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Out of print used cd.Disc & insert in good condition,light marking on cd. Don McGlashan is recognised as one of NZ's foremost songwriters. artists & performers. His career spans from the seminal postpop-punk band Blam Blam Blam, to art experimentalists The Front Lawn, to platinum selling & internationally recognised popular band The Mutton Birds. However, he has never [until now] released a solo album... So it is with much excitement that his first solo album, Warm Hand', will finally be released in NZ in May 2006. Warm Hand was mostly tracked in the isolated environment of "The Barn" at Te Papatipu on the West Coast at Bethells Beach, Auckland. The isolated environment clearly had an impact on the recording, as the tunes stretch out into lush, melancholy epics with tasteful, rich instrumental touches providing the ideal bed for Don's emotive voice & engaging lyrical flourishes to be laid bare. The songs are gorgeously rendered by some of our finest & most talented musicians,artist,engineers & producers. Talented perfectionist Ed McWilliams [Anika Moa, Ed Cake] did most of the album tracking, using some idiosyncratic & unconventional ways to capture the barn's natural atmosphere; as has been his way since his early days with Bressa Creeting Cake. Engineer Tom Miskin provided the perfect organizational & technical balance to Ed's innovative style. The band, for most of the recordings, consisted of Ross Burge on drums [the Mutton Birds], Sean James Donnelly on bass [SJD], John Segovia on slide/pedal steel [Boxcar Guitars] & Tatiana Lanchtchikova on accordion. Willy Scott [Anika Moa, Dimmer] also played drums on one song & Chris O'Connor [Trinity Roots, Cloudboyl another two; Graeme Humphreys [Humphreys Keen, Able Tasmans] added some beautiful piano, while Victoria Kelly wrote the string arrangements. The actual production of the album was a joint effort between Don, SJD and Ed. The original concept for Warm Hand was a more minimalist stripped back project, but the album's several years of gestation has meant it has grown into something fuller, richer & more ambitious. 1. This Is London 2. Toy Factory Fire 3. Blame 4. Harbour Bridge 5. Courier 6. Passenger 26 7. I Will Not Let You Down 8. Interlude 9. Miracle Sun 10. Queen Of The Night |
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