Wednesday, November 13, 2013

Patty Griffin - Silver Bell

The love affair continues. This one was originally recorded around 1999, 2000 - so between Flaming Red (which formed much of the soundtrack for the recent driving around WA, songs like "Tony", "Christina", "Wiggley Fingers" and "Blue Sky" really hitting the spot) and 1000 Kisses - but got lost in record label disaster and so was only officially released (with some production changes from the bootleg that's apparently been in circulation for years) earlier this year. Clocking in at a generous 14 songs, stylistically it bounces around a bit, a mix of mellower numbers (often drifting with something of a mysterious air) and more rocky ones, but the songs, they're so good. Just wow.