Description
Hotel Shampoo's reception desk and opener Shark Ridden Waters (now sold out on 12" but available as a free download) is a slice of kaleidoscopic, cinematic pop music produced by Andy Votel. A dozen equally sumptuous songs follow with Gruff's highly original, cliché-free lyrics ranging over a wide spectrum of topics. Uplifting, mariachi-tinged Sensations In The Dark celebrates discovering music, eco politics is discussed on Conservation Conversation, colonization invades 60s style stomp Christopher Columbus and Patterns Of Power touches on inequality over wailing, distorted guitar. Love in it's various guises also features heavily from sugar sweet Honey All Over, string drenched At The Heart Of Love, achingly beautiful ballad If We Were Words (We Would Rhyme) to Space Dust #2; a tale of short-lived, seminar-sparked romance in the form of a duet with El Perro Del Mar. In addition to vocals, Gruff has played much of the instrumentation himself with the album mostly recorded in north Wales before being mixed in LA.
"I thought that as i'm getting on a bit, the time had come to buy a suit and record an album of piano ballads. However, I got bored, the record diversified and evolved things turned out a bit differently..." - Gruff Rhys
Product Details
- Artist
- Gruff Rhys
- Media Format
- Audio CD
- Label / Studio
- HIGH NOTE
- Media Content Format
- Album
- Number of Discs
- 1
Tracklisting
Disc 1:
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Shark Ridden Waters
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Honey All Over
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Sensations In The Dark
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Vitamin K
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Take A Sentence
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Conservation Conversation
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Sophie Softly
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Christopher Columbus
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Space Dust
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At The Heart Of Love
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Patterns Of Power
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If We Were Words (We Would Rhyme)
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Rubble Rubble
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I Totally Understand (bonus track)
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Pengwyn Pengwyn (bonus track)
