New longplayers

4 June 2024

Press photo by 📸: Dean Chalkley

Seasoned British songsmith RICHARD HAWLEY has his
10th full-length, named IN THIS CITY THEY CALL YOU LOVE,
out.

NME:“The songwriter captures a sense of aching beauty through vivid odes to
the characters and architectural quirks of his hometown. His ninth LP, ‘In This City
They Call You Love’, elegantly represents what it means to be so entwined with one’s
locale; even in a place rich with musical history, Hawley remains a singular figure
for the way in which this fascination has permeated his songwriting…

In This City They Call You Love’ doesn’t falter for its lack of invention; there is
just a feeling that these sonic quirks can be pushed even further, made even
bolder. But as the soulful, breathtaking inner-city vignette ‘People’ shows, he
clearly remains focused on the next great song he hasn’t written yet.” Score: 4/5.

TUTV: Romanticism is written all over this sepia-colored record. As we already know
for a long time Hawley is a romantic at heart who’s in love with his city Sheffield since
he was a child. It feels/sounds like it’s more than just his hometown.

It’s the place where he experienced all things good and bad, happy and sad. It leads to melancholic musings, gripping daydreams and wistful reflections. With his soft-heartened voice and late-night lullabies, the late great Roy Orbison comes to mind on several occasions. Just added this candlelight music pearl on my best-albums-of-2024 list.

Singles: Two For His Heels / Heavy Rain

– TWO FOR HIS HEELS –

– HEAVY RAIN –

ALBUM

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