Cape Forestier [Gold Vinyl]

by Angus & Julia Stone, Angus Stone, Julia Stone

Overview

Having gradually expanded and refined their intimate sound across their first four studio LPs -- while charting in the Top Ten in their native Australia with each one -- Angus & Julia Stone reach back across the stylistic approaches of their entire output on their fifth album, the relatively stripped-down Cape Forestier. Whether embracing the more rustic folk mien of earlier material or a modest version of the sparkling atmospheres of 2017's Snow, it's full of affection, nostalgia, and gratitude. Speaking of affection and gratitude, there's even a spare acoustic track called "The Wedding Song" fronted by the pixie-voiced Julia and sure to rank high among first-dance picks ("I'll hear your voice come through the door a thousand times, maybe more/And I'll smile inside to know you're mine completely"). Likewise, "Country Sign"'s title is partly self-explanatory, as it goes on to employ pedal steel, banjo, mallet percussion, and more for dreamy, twangy trip through eternity. "Down to the Sea" is an example of a lusher, more plugged-in song, although its shadowy blues bearing slides in comfortably beside more melancholy songs like "No Boat No Aeroplane," with its reverb-heavy acoustics and harmony vocals; the sunshine pop-tinged title track, with its crooning lead guitar line; and jaunty, harmonic-injected love song "I Want You." Led by Angus, that song essentially makes a three-minute ditty out of a bouncy guitar riff and choruses of "I want you so bad." The 12-song pick-me-up ends on "The Wonder of You," an under-60-second time capsule of an orchestral ballad whose only lyrics are "That's the wonder, the wonder of you." While not for cynics, Cape Forestier should well please longtime fans and romantics alike. ~ Marcy Donelson

Product Details

Release Date:	05/10/2024
Label:	NETTWERK RECORDS
UPC:	0067003152716

Tracks

1. Losing You
2. Down To The Sea
3. My Little Anchor
4. Cape Forestier
5. County Sign
6. City Of Lights
7. No Boat No Aeroplane
8. The Wedding Song
9. I Want You
10. Somehow
11. Sitting in Seoul
12. The Wonder Of You

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Angus & Julia Stone   Primary Artist,Guitar,Vocals,Vocals (Background)
Angus Stone   Primary Artist,Bass,Guitar,Vocals,Harmonica,Vocals (Background)
Julia Stone   Primary Artist,Guitar,Vocals,Vocals (Background)
Jon Solo   Piano,Keyboards
Leigh Fisher   Drums
James Gilligan   Bass
Lucy Warren   Violin
Georgie Darvidis   Vocals (Background)
Madeline Jevons   Violin
Ian Hawke   Drums
Ross Irwin   Trumpet
Rob Calder   Bass,Vocals (Background)
Thomas Bartlett   Piano,Keyboards,Synthesizer
Charlotte Jacke   Cello
Ceridwen Davies   Viola
Matt Johnson   Drums,Vocals (Background)
Ben Edgar   Bass,Banjo,Drums,Organ,Piano,Guitar,Cittern,Strings,Mandolin,Harmonium,Keyboards,Omnichord,Percussion,Pedal Steel,Guitar (Acoustic),Guitar (Electric)

Technical Credits

Angus Stone   Composer,Engineer,Lyricist,Producer
Leigh Fisher   Engineer
Andrew Sarlo   Mixing,Mixing Engineer
Joshua Moore   Engineer
Louis Remenapp   Engineer
Baker Knight   Composer,Lyricist
Bob Dylan   Composer,Lyricist
Greg Calbi   Mastering,Mastering Engineer
Ross Irwin   Arranger,String Arrangements
Adam Rhodes   Engineer
Thomas Bartlett   Engineer
Angus & Julia Stone   Composer,Engineer,Producer
Paul Pilsneniks   Engineer
Steve Fallone   Mastering,Mastering Engineer
Eric J. Dubowsky   Mixing,Mixing Engineer
Andrew Carey   Mixing,Engineer,Mixing Engineer
Ben Edgar   Engineer,Producer
Julia Stone   Composer,Engineer,Lyricist,Producer,Mixing Engineer