Every day when I open my eyes now
It feels like a Saturday
Taking down from the shelf
All the parts of myself
That I packed away
British Singer- Songwriter David Gray returns to the music scene with his 10th studio “Mutineers” on the independent label Good Soldier Songs on June 17th.
Gray is also is launching a North American tour which begins on August 1st to coincide with the release.
Having been in the industry for over 20 years and find worldwide fame with his fourth album “White Ladder”, Gray opted not to stick to a standard formula for his latest album.
Gray states that his main goal was simply to surprise himself and go a different route adding, “I always write melody first and lyrics second, so I started to write lyrics down and think, right, I’m going to put this to music now. And that was a bizarrely uncomfortable process.”
The end result of that process for the the Grammy nominated songwriter is a solid piece of music that is the album “Mutineers”.
Mutineers was recorded at Church Studios in London and produced by Andy Barlow who is best known as one-half of the electronic music duo Lamb.
The first track on the album “Back in The World” which is also the first single released poses the smooth melody and lyrics we’ve come to love from Gray. However they were meshed together it’s a great song.
Check the official video release here:
A few of the other songs from Mutineers that caught my ear were:
Beautiful Agony – from the soft staccato start of the lyrics to the build and crescendo it’s my favorite on the album. It kind of had a Beatles feel about it to me.
Last Summer – Another favorite with a beautiful string instrumental break towards the end.
Gulls – Yes, I know, not exactly a title you’d expect to see on a song but, I was lulled by the lyrics, ‘The wind belongs to no one’.
Overall it’s a really good album and one that will get a full play repeatedly.
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*I received a free copy of the CD from Kobalt & One2One for review and am eligible for incentives. All opinions stated are my own.