catalogue

POWER, BRIGID MAE

HEAD ABOVE THE WATER (FIRE RECORDS)

POWER, BRIGID MAE - HEAD ABOVE THE WATER 139915
format:
1 CD
release:
03.07.2020
label:
FIRE RECORDS
item ID:
139915
barcode:
0809236159229
Brigid Mae Power paints expansive songs that are effortless, hypnotic and folk-oriented like Judee Sill, Bill Callahan and Sharon Van Etten.

The third album from the celebrated singer/songwriter, 'Head Above The Water' is a coming of age opus featuring a ground-breaking amalgamation of traditional folk and country - an engaging blend of strings, bouzouki, piano and Power's distinctive vocal make this an achingly beautiful body of work.

Recorded in analogue studio The Green Door in Glasgow with Alasdair Roberts co-producing alongside Brigid and Peter Broderick.

It's a continuing tale of everyday survival; more diverse, different, a bigger canvas, with broader brushstrokes_ Country and traditional folk rub shoulders, making for a juxtaposition of threads, with added instrumentation from five musicians lured into the studio to provide larger dynamics.
 
  • Tracklisting
  • 1.1. ON A CITY NIGHT
  • 1.2. WEARING RED THAT EVE
  • 1.3. WEDDING OF A FRIEND
  • 1.4. NOT YOURS TO OWN
  • 1.5. I WAS NAMED AFTER YOU
  • 1.6. WE WEREN'T SURE
  • 1.7. YOU HAVE A QUIET POWER
  • 1.8. I HAD TO KEEP MY CIRCLE SMALL
  • 1.9. THE BLACKSMITH
  • 1.10. HEAD ABOVE THE WATER