catalogue

MCNIFF, JASON

DUST OF YESTERDAY (TOMBOLA)

MCNIFF, JASON - DUST OF YESTERDAY 145491
format:
1 LP
release:
07.05.2021
label:
TOMBOLA
item ID:
145491
barcode:
5024545923711
Songwriter and fingerstyle guitarist, Jason McNiff releases his 7th full length album, Dust Of Yesterday, on April 16th.

Produced and engineered by Roger Askew (Joe Strummer, Wilko Johnson, Christy Moore) the album was recorded throughout the summer and autumn of 2020 in Roger's home studio in Eastbourne, UK.

It features McNiff's signature acoustic guitar work throughout with significant contributions from Beth Porter (of Eliza Carthy's band) on cello and Basia Bartz (most London based folk bands) on violin.

His first album since leaving London - McNiff is now based in Hastings - Dust of Yesterday is an elegy on moving away from a beloved place and a lament for lost youth.

We are treated to a musical tour of McNiff's life to date, from his 8-year residency as a Flamenco guitarist in a Spanish bar in Waterloo (Damaged Woman) to hopping the northbound train from King's Cross, hiding in the lavatory up to Nottingham (A Load Along).

All the songs on Dust of Yesterday, in one way or another, speak of the past. But it is not bleary-eyed nostalgia.
 
  • Tracklisting
  • 1.1. FOR THE FIRST TIME
  • 1.2. TRY FOR THE SKY
  • 1.3. WHEREVER I CHOOSE
  • 1.4. MARY JANE
  • 1.5. DUST OF YESTERDAY
  • 1.6. TOM
  • 1.7. IF YOU COULD SEE ME NOW
  • 1.8. DAMAGED WOMAN
  • 1.9. A LOAD ALONG