Glen Hansard Didn't He Ramble (CD, Plateau Records, 2015) ***
Genre: Folk rock
Places I remember: Fives; Fopp
Fab, and all the other pimply hyperboles: Talking With The Wolves (Rhythm and Repose)
Gear costume: Love Don't Leave Me Waiting (Rhythm and Repose)
Active compensatory factors: The cover art gives these albums away - pained and haunted for the most part.
Fab, and all the other pimply hyperboles: Talking With The Wolves (Rhythm and Repose)
Gear costume: Love Don't Leave Me Waiting (Rhythm and Repose)
Rhythm and Repose was his first solo album and came after his breakup with Markéta Irglová. So, there's not a lot of up-beat joy on offer on the songs.
Didn't He Ramble was his second album and is also quite moody - not quite so down and out as his first but the sparse instrumentation makes it a sedate affair.
Where do they all belong? I love Once and I really like the Swell Season phase and his work in The Frames, but this will do it for the solo career.
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