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Grace, Henry - Things Are Moving All Around Me
Grace, Henry - Things Are Moving All Around Me
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A bold and moving
leap forward, shaped by the wide-open spaces of Grace's adopted California and the
intimate venues of his hometown of London.
'Things Are Moving All Around Me' has been an album years in the making. Grace and Harrison first met at a songwriting retreat organised by Chris Difford at Pennard House in Somerset in 2022. Stealing away to a quiet church across the road, they wrote their first song together and, upon returning to London, started working on a new batch of songs Grace had been writing and soon had the early makings of a new album.
Unlike the stark and sparse arrangements from 'Alive In America', early demos hinted at a new sound that was more transatlantic and, most noticeably, band- driven with Grace joined by Harrsion on keys and backing vocals alongside Brian Love on guitar, Tom Holder from The Heavy Heavy on bass and Toby Evangelou on drums.
From explosive opener, 'Rust', to hooky first single, 'Say Something Mean', and The War On Drugs-inspired 'Passing Through', there is a restless sense of yearning in each of the album's ten tracks. This is a record of transitions. Of start and end points and the places in between.
Songs like 'This Is The Place' see the London born artist writing about the city he grew up in and there are elements of Springsteen in the frustration and isolation of his lyrics. In fact, Springsteen's 'Nebraska' was the inspiration for their decision to record the song using a 4-track Tascam recorder.
A richer, more layered offering, 'Things' starts with just an acoustic guitar and vocal and grows into a warm tapestry of sound filled with strings, synthesizers, wide- panned guitars, percussion and the airy drone of wine glasses as he recalls the early stages of love amid a cacophony of sound. 'Moving On', 'Medicine' and 'Leaving Song' remind us that we are listening to a band playing live in a room. Drums spill out down vocal mics as the warm fuzz of amplifiers and squeaky floorboards all become part of the sonic landscape. 'California Rain' pays tribute to Grace's time in America while the delicate final track, 'Days Like This', tells the story of making roots somewhere new.
'Things Are Moving All Around Me' has been an album years in the making. Grace and Harrison first met at a songwriting retreat organised by Chris Difford at Pennard House in Somerset in 2022. Stealing away to a quiet church across the road, they wrote their first song together and, upon returning to London, started working on a new batch of songs Grace had been writing and soon had the early makings of a new album.
Unlike the stark and sparse arrangements from 'Alive In America', early demos hinted at a new sound that was more transatlantic and, most noticeably, band- driven with Grace joined by Harrsion on keys and backing vocals alongside Brian Love on guitar, Tom Holder from The Heavy Heavy on bass and Toby Evangelou on drums.
From explosive opener, 'Rust', to hooky first single, 'Say Something Mean', and The War On Drugs-inspired 'Passing Through', there is a restless sense of yearning in each of the album's ten tracks. This is a record of transitions. Of start and end points and the places in between.
Songs like 'This Is The Place' see the London born artist writing about the city he grew up in and there are elements of Springsteen in the frustration and isolation of his lyrics. In fact, Springsteen's 'Nebraska' was the inspiration for their decision to record the song using a 4-track Tascam recorder.
A richer, more layered offering, 'Things' starts with just an acoustic guitar and vocal and grows into a warm tapestry of sound filled with strings, synthesizers, wide- panned guitars, percussion and the airy drone of wine glasses as he recalls the early stages of love amid a cacophony of sound. 'Moving On', 'Medicine' and 'Leaving Song' remind us that we are listening to a band playing live in a room. Drums spill out down vocal mics as the warm fuzz of amplifiers and squeaky floorboards all become part of the sonic landscape. 'California Rain' pays tribute to Grace's time in America while the delicate final track, 'Days Like This', tells the story of making roots somewhere new.
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