Give Yawn the attention it deserves ... and alluring details – guitar figures intricately intertwining, mournful and majestic sweep of cello, ghostly organ bubbling near the surface, gradual push and pull, restraint and release – soon become impossible to miss.
Though this album goes for personal moments over something totally new, Ryder-Jones strikes powerful chords with listeners.
Bill Ryder-Jones returns with an immersive, melancholic fourth solo-effort retaining the sincerity and intimacy that have characterised his post-Coral work.
He’s a humble, thoughtful character and an even more engaging guitar player—drawing dense textures and perhaps even more sulking anguish from his guitar than his confessional lyrics.
The songs on Yawn excel at a connection between musician, music, and listener. Each song carries the effect of sitting with Ryder-Jones and hearing the dialogue created.
Yawn ... has its moments of beauty and craft, but the payoffs are so subtle and slow to arrive that its title becomes the regrettably inevitable reaction.
‘Yawn’ is a much gentler record than its predecessor; one that’s much more ornate with moments of quite straightforward prettiness, and to Jones’ credit there’s no attempt to turn the last record’s success into a formula.
A uniquely textured and distinguished experience. somewhere between folk and gaze. simple. youthful. wonderful.
1 | There's Something on Your Mind 5:04 | |
2 | Time Will Be the Only Saviour 5:52 | |
3 | Recover 3:35 | |
4 | Mither 6:08 | |
5 | And Then There's You 4:35 | |
6 | There Are Worse Things I Could Do 5:17 | |
7 | Don't Be Scared, I Love You 4:17 | |
8 | John 4:38 | |
9 | No One's Trying to Kill You 6:22 | |
10 | Happy Song 6:38 |
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