Bonfires In Silver City

Thorne Lucie

Bonfires In Silver City
Format
Audio
Published
8 August 2011
ISBN
9323482010741

Bonfires In Silver City

Thorne Lucie

Bonfires In Silver City is the stunning new album from acclaimed\nAustralian songwriter Lucie Thorne. Steeped in that striking\nspaciousness and sensuality for which Thorne’s work has become so\nrenowned, Bonfires In Silver City encompasses a remarkable breadth\nof feeling and flavour. From the shimmering, wide-open beauty of\nBig News to the groove of Till The Season; from the surging swell\nof Great Wave to the perfectly matched duet (and co-write) with\nsoultreasure Jo Jo Smith on Sweet Turnaround, Bonfires In Silver\nCity is an arrestingly assured collection from one of our finest\nsong-poets. Most of these songs were written whilst on the road,\nover the past two years of almost constant touring (throughout\nAustralia and Europe) since the release of her last album, Black\nAcross The Field. Evocative songs brewed over this nomadic time,\nduring which Thorne has only occasionally retreated back to that\nsweet old country cottage by the Tantawangalo Creek (on the far\nsouth coast of NSW) that she still calls home. But the sound of\nBonfires In Silver City has grown largely out of the musical\nempathy and camaraderie Thorne has developed over this period with\nlegendary drummer Hamish Stuart. Produced by Thorne in close\ncollaboration with Stuart, most of the album was tracked live in\nSydney’s Megaphon Studio over three days in April 2011, and shining\nat its centre is their remarkable duet sound. Expansive, playful,\nloose and real. This foundation is augmented by sublime\nperformances from some of their favourite players, including Dave\nSymes (bass), Chris Abrahams (piano and organ) and Carl Dewhurst\n(guitar), alongside some more adventurous guitar work and\nsoundscape creations by Thorne herself, adding texture and an\nexpanded tonal palette just where it’s required and not a note\nmore.

\n\n1. Falling\n2. Till The Season\n3. Cant Sleep For Dreaming\n4. Great Wave\n5. Correspondent\n6. Already Gone\n7. Sweet Turnaround\n8. Big News\n9. Noir\n10. When I Get There\n\n\n

Review

Lucie Thorne’s 2008 album, Black Across The Field, was my album of the year; it was shortlisted for the prestigious Australian Music Prize and helped her find a new, larger audience. She has a lot to live up to with the follow-up Bonfires in Silver City, but has yet again proven that her songwriting, arranging, guitar playing and singing are, dare I say it – world class. Think an amalgam of Joni Mitchell, Emmylou Harris and The Cowboy Junkies. She is an artist well worth discovering and I can’t think of another Australian artist I would recommend more highly right now.

 

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