Spencer Cullum's Coin Collection
Spencer Cullum's Coin Collection 2
メディアの得点評価は、まだ見当たらず。
前作が大好きだったので、
かなり期待していた。
8曲しかなく、そのうち1曲はインストなので、
曲数的な物足りなさがないわけでもないが、
アルバムは、前作の雰囲気そのまま、
素敵な作品となっていた。
https://www.folkradio.co.uk/2023/04/spencer-cullums-coin-collection-2-album-review/
While Spencer Cullum may not be a name on everyone’s lips, fans of his debut album (reviewed here) have been eager to hear his follow-up. Fans will not be disappointed, even if Spencer Cullum’s Coin Collection 2 is not likely to win all the awards it richly deserves. For an Englishman living and recording abroad, the album is a treatise on what it means to listen to the voices that drive you forward. Voices that have sent him on an amazing quest.
How you make the journey from Romford, Essex to Nashville, Tennessee, along the way getting lessons in pedal steel guitar from one of the foremost players in the world, B. J. Cole, then end up playing in Miranda Lambert’s band, is almost unbelievable on its own. A disbelieving Cullum admits, “She writes great songs, and she lets me play what I want, but it’s still bizarre, these massive crowds.” Being in her band gives him the freedom to explore the music he wants, despite serving in a situation that actually makes him feel a bit uncomfortable.
Coin Collection 2 proves there’s no need for that discomfort. If anything, it makes you wonder how this man can create tracks like these eight in just two days! While he admits, “I still want to hide behind my pedal steel in fear,” his playing certainly doesn’t show that. The playing is self-assured and daring. Tracks come at you in ways you would never expect. “The Three Magnets” bundles and blends a lifetime’s worth of influences, weaving through Krautrock, psychedelic and country as it marches along a trail offering views stretching well beyond the everyday.
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ソロのアルバムとしては、二枚目
でも楽曲としては、1stのこれが一番好きかな。
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