RW Hedges - Year After Year

 

Year After Year is another splendid affair. Gentle, atmospheric, almost Folk at times, but never ever losing its pop sensibility. It does feel very 60s. but is never stuck there and covers a range of genres without ever having to turn the amp up.

Whether the song is weeping like the melancholic Ice In August or the jaunty Baroque Pop of Far And Wide, Hedges voice just washes your aches away. Piece Of String even edges towards a pastoral type of Psych Pop.

She Calls Through The Night is wonderful, Harrison-esque at times and Who's To Care goes all Country, bordering on Americana, not Big Hats thankfully. Travelling Road also has hints of Americana, but the vocal harmonies take it nearer to Pop. 

Hedges masters the high notes with aplomb without ever affecting or forcing the song. Year After Year is a beautiful affair that never gets mawkish. Weathervane may be the best thing on the album and yet it is the quietest.

Producer Luca Nieri co-writes the album and there is a lyrical depth of the album is commendable. The pace of the album, brings out those words and makes you pick them out. This may be RW Hedges fourth album, but the quality doesn't let up. You could even say he gets better and better.

You can listen and buy the album here.

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