Gold in a Brass Age

Gold in a Brass Age

by David Gray
Gold in a Brass Age

Gold in a Brass Age

by David Gray

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Overview

Working with producer Ben De Vries, David Gray deepens and sharpens his folk-electronic fusion on 2019's Gold in a Brass Age. The main difference between Gold in a Brass Age and its predecessor, Mutineers -- a 2014 album helmed by Andy Barlow, one of the founders of the trip-hop group Lamb -- is that Gray pushes soul to the forefront here. Soul can be heard in the elastic rhythms, which split the difference between a swinging live section and the precision of drum loops, and within his dusky, nuanced vocal phrasing. Such a lush, soulful sway helps sell Gray's songs, which are etched with the care of a short-story author. Gray's devotion to detail is as apparent in his melodies as it is in the lyrics, which means that the individual moments on Gold in a Brass Age take a little while to unfold, and that's why De Vries' production is essential to the album's success. Warm and enveloping, it offers immediate comfort, easing the listener into a world so textured and reassuring it invites the kind of revisits that will let the songs unlock their internal logic at their own speed. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine

Product Details

Release Date: 03/08/2019
Label: Iht Records
UPC: 5056167111009
Rank: 15635

Tracks

  1. The Sapling
  2. Gold in a Brass Age
  3. Furthering
  4. Ridiculous Heart
  5. It's Late
  6. A Tight Ship
  7. Watching the Waves
  8. Hall of Mirrors
  9. Hurricane Season
  10. Mallory
  11. If 8 Were 9

Album Credits

Performance Credits

David Gray   Primary Artist,Bass,Flute,Piano,Guitar,Vocals,Melodica,Melodion,Harmonica,Harmonium,Keyboards,Toy Piano,Wurlitzer,Synthesizer,Guitar (Nylon String)
Ben De Vries   Keyboards,Wurlitzer,Synthesizer,Guitar (Acoustic),Bass,Piano,Guitar
Eoghan Kelly   Trombone
Sherina White   Vocals (Background)
Trevor Mires   Euphonium
Caroline Dale   Cello
Chris Barrett   Tuba
Keith Prior   Drums,Percussion
Robbie Malone   Bass,Bass (Upright),Guitar (Electric)
Michael Smith   Sax (Soprano),Sax (Baritone)
Steve Price   Horn Engineer
Rory Simmons   Trumpet
Stephanie Oyerinde   Vocals (Background)
Tom Richards   Clarinet,Sax (Tenor)
Dom Kelly   Cor Anglais

Technical Credits

Ben De Vries   Composer,Engineer,Producer,Programming,Horn Arrangements,String Arrangements,Mixing
Tim Young   Mastering
Hugh Fothergill   Engineer,Additional Production
Farrow Design   Design
Londonboy Tattooer   Illustrations
Hugo Meredith-Hardy   Assistant Engineer
David Gray   Mixing,Composer,Engineer,Producer,Horn Arrangements,String Arrangements,Original Sleeve Design
Simon Changer   Mixing
Keith Prior   Composer,Programming
Jeremy Murphy   Assistant Engineer
Robbie Malone   Composer
Michael Smith   Score
Amanda Chiu   Original Sleeve Design
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