Release Date: 05 June 2020
Label: OMH Records
Packaging Type: Digipak
No of Units: 1
Barcode: 0742776606818
Genres: Americana Singer Songwriter
Release Date: 18 September 2020
Label: OMH Records
Packaging Type: Slip Sleeve (CD or Vinyl)
No of Units: 1
Barcode: 0742776608935
Genres: Americana Singer Songwriter
Description
Ma Polaine's Great Decline's third album City of Love follows from 2018's The Outsider and 2015's Got Me Out of Hell.
The creative heart of the band are Beth Packer and Clinton Hough. Although they have been described variously over the years – with references to Billie Holiday, Tom Waits and a "moody Mary Margaret O'Hara" – Ma Polaine's sound is very much their own. Beth's effortlessly distinctive vocals and evocative lyrics, coupled with Clinton's understated guitar, underpin each and every song and on City of Love we hear the character of Ma Polaine explored more deeply than ever before. Recorded at the duo's home studio the album took a great deal of patience and experimentation to complete to their satisfaction. Self-engineering the album turned out to be an exhilarating and, at times, frustrating process with some songs taking up to five versions to get right. The result was worth it; the Ma Polaine aesthetic burns brightly on City of Love's eleven original tracks, which are every bit as compelling as you'd expect them to be.
Description
Ma Polaine’s Great Decline's third album City of Love follows from 2018’s The Outsider and 2015’s Got Me Out of Hell.
The creative heart of the band are Beth Packer and Clinton Hough. Although they have been described variously over the years – with references to Billie Holiday, Tom Waits and a “moody Mary Margaret O’Hara� – Ma Polaine’s sound is very much their own. Beth’s effortlessly distinctive vocals and evocative lyrics, coupled with Clinton’s understated guitar, underpin each and every song and on City of Love we hear the character of Ma Polaine explored more deeply than ever before. Recorded at the duo’s home studio the album took a great deal of patience and experimentation to complete to their satisfaction. Self-engineering the album turned out to be an exhilarating and, at times, frustrating process with some songs taking up to five versions to get right. The result was worth it; the Ma Polaine aesthetic burns brightly on City of Love’s eleven original tracks, which are every bit as compelling as you’d expect them to be.
Tracklisting
Tracklisting
Tom Speight
Martin Sexton
Non Canon
