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Blue On Blue (Lp)

Sylvie Simmons

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Format: CD

Cat No: COM47592

Format Details: Lp

Release Date:  14 August 2020

Label:  Compass

Packaging Type:  Digipak

No of Units:  1

Barcode:  766397475929

Genres:  Rock  Folk  

Release Date:  21 August 2020

Label:  Compass

Packaging Type:  Gate Fold Vinyl

No of Units:  1

Barcode:  766397476018

Genres:  Rock  Folk  

  • Description

    'Blue On Blue' is the new album by renowned singer, writer and ukulele-player Sylvie Simmons. It's the follow-up to her revelatory 2014 debut Sylvie. The album found Sylvie reuniting with producer Howe Gelb (Giant Sand) in Tucson. Her unforgettable songs, delicate but sensual and bold, earned unanimous praise and rave reviews, with comparisons to a young Marianne Faithfull, a punk Piaf, and a female Leonard Cohen - as well as a prime slot in the 2018 Ethan Hawke/Jesse Peretz movie Juliet Naked, and shout-outs from fellow musicians including Rosanne Cash, Brian Wilson and Elvis Costello. But that first evening, after recording first takes of five of the songs, Sylvie suffered a dreadful accident that left her with multiple broken bones, nerve damage and an unusable left hand. What followed was a long and painful period of surgeries and rehabilitation. Finding herself unable to play several of the songs she'd written for the album with her damaged hand, Sylvie wrote some new songs. She recorded them in different studios in between treatments and her writing work. But listening to 'Blue On Blue', you'd never know there had been a problem. Seamless and beautiful, with its memorable songs and spacious, unexpected arrangements, once again it highlights her intimate vocals and intelligent lyrics that at first listen seem dreamy and gentle but hold hidden barbs and pain.

    Description

    'Blue On Blue' is the new album by renowned singer, writer and ukulele-player Sylvie Simmons. It's the follow-up to her revelatory 2014 debut Sylvie. The album found Sylvie reuniting with producer Howe Gelb (Giant Sand) in Tucson. Her unforgettable songs, delicate but sensual and bold, earned unanimous praise and rave reviews, with comparisons to a young Marianne Faithfull, a punk Piaf, and a female Leonard Cohen - as well as a prime slot in the 2018 Ethan Hawke/Jesse Peretz movie Juliet Naked, and shout-outs from fellow musicians including Rosanne Cash, Brian Wilson and Elvis Costello. But that first evening, after recording first takes of five of the songs, Sylvie suffered a dreadful accident that left her with multiple broken bones, nerve damage and an unusable left hand. What followed was a long and painful period of surgeries and rehabilitation. Finding herself unable to play several of the songs she'd written for the album with her damaged hand, Sylvie wrote some new songs. She recorded them in different studios in between treatments and her writing work. But listening to 'Blue On Blue', you'd never know there had been a problem. Seamless and beautiful, with its memorable songs and spacious, unexpected arrangements, once again it highlights her intimate vocals and intelligent lyrics that at first listen seem dreamy and gentle but hold hidden barbs and pain. LP includes Download Card.

  • Tracklisting

      Disc 1

      Side 1

      • 1. Keep Dancing
      • 2. Nothing
      • 3. Not In Love
      • 4. The Thing They Don't Tell You About Girls
      • 5. Waiting For The Shadows To Fall
      • 6. Carey's Song
      • 7. Creation Day
      • 8. Sweet California
      • 9. The Man Who Painted The Sea Blue
      • 10. Stay Awhile
      • 11. 1000 Years Before I Met You

    Tracklisting

      Disc 1

      Side 1

      • 1. Keep Dancing
      • 2. Nothing
      • 3. Not In Love
      • 4. The Thing They Don't Tell You About Girls
      • 5. Waiting For The Shadows To Fall

      Side 2

      • 1. Carey's Song
      • 2. Creation Day
      • 3. Sweet California
      • 4. The Man Who Painted The Sea Blue
      • 5. Stay Awhile
      • 6. 1000 Years Before I Met You