Ross Clelland reviews RICHARD IN YOUR MIND PS I Love You
In which the Dicks (mince) Meet the Beatles. Better men than they have tried to deconstruct the Lennon/McCartney canon, but these boys do it with real affection and enthusiasm as they tear innocent Mersey romance to feathery shreds. While cretainly not typical Fab Four, it's not quite the usual RIYM meandering, this being more syncopated than psychedelic. Those seeking further blasphemy may prefer the b-side, A Taste of Honey, also treated with skewed respect. Splendidly bent as you'd expect.
Immediately following completion and mixing of the full-length debut album Dirty Echo Spark, The Maple Trail songsmith Aidan Roberts set about recording a sister work, composing a new set of songs and instrumental pieces that would become Radio Twilight Lost, a mini-album in 7 parts.
From the scattered nostalgia of opening track Cable Car, through a freezing night in the wilderness with Telescope, to the icy dawn of closing number Hassan's Walls, these songs take on a more reflective, solitary theme than their counter-parts on Dirty Echo Spark, revealing a spare and cryptic journey through the night of a Blue Mountains winter.
Recorded alone over several late nights in May and June of 2008, Aidan utilised guitars, voices, woodwinds, keyboards and vintage radio equipment to create a unique folk soundscape for the listener. Radio Twilight Lost is available exclusively online as a digital download from Broken Stone Records and for a limited time only, with an optional deluxe cd package: featuring a full lyric insert and extremely rare hand-made gatefold sleeves, block-printed by Aidan himslef in his home studio...
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