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Australian singer-songwriter Holly Throsby presents a follow-up to 2009's A Loud Call (WOOME 007CD). The album included performances from a handful of very special guests including Bonnie "Prince" Billy and members of Lambchop and The Silver Jews (Matt Swanson on bass, Tony Crow on synth and William Tyler on electric guitar). Strings and horns were recorded in Kangaroo Valley by Tony Dupé. Now Holly has returned to her roots with long-time friend and producer Tony Dupé, recording a brand-new collection of songs in a 19th century Methodist church in the Southern Highlands of New South Wales. Mixed by Burke Reid (Jack Ladder, The Drones, The Mess Hall) at Sydney's Big Jesus Burger studios, Team is a warm departure that echoes contentment as the singer-songwriter begins her next chapter.
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This is the third full-length release from Australian singer-songwriter, Holly Throsby. The album includes performances from a handful of very special guests including Bonnie "Prince" Billy (singing duet on "Would You") and members of Lambchop and The Silver Jews (Matt Swanson on bass, Tony Crow on synth and William Tyler on electric guitar). Strings and horns were recorded in Kangaroo Valley by Tony Dupe. A Loud Call was recorded in a brick house on a leafy street in Nashville, Tennessee by engineer and producer Mark Nevers (Lambchop, Andrew Bird, Bonnie "Prince" Billy). Partly written on the road, partly at home, the songs on A Loud Call find their inspiration in the tenuous gaps between hope and resignation, romance and indecision, nostalgia and rejuvenation. From the swelling guitar feedback and beds of vocal harmonies which engulf the opening track ("Warm Jets") to the odd-pop, bicycle wheel percussion of "The Time It Takes" and the bright sparks of trumpets and pizzicato cellos on "A Heart Divided," this album is richer and more full-bodied than its predecessors. But for all its diversity, A Loud Call is effortlessly cohesive: quotidian narratives, epigrams against heartbreak, and vivid, otherworldly fragments are anchored by Holly's soft, distinctive phrasing and lyrical concision. Already receiving glowing reviews, A Loud Call is Throsby's most accomplished and most beautiful record yet.
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WOOME 006CD
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"Like her first collection of songs, On Night, Holly made Under The Town with producer Tony Dupe at his house on Saddleback Mountain on the New South Wales south coast of Australia over the summer. But other things are different. The songs still come from a thoughtful and quiet place, but on Under The Town they are orchestrated with richer detail and more colors. Holly (guitars) was helped in this by Tony (piano, bouzouki, clarinet, trumpet), Jens Birchall (cello, double bass), label mate Jack Ladder (bass) and Bree van Reyk (drums). And this time, Tony and Holly closed the cottage windows so you can't hear the birds and insects outside. The songs on Under The Town are strong and clear, alive with crisp detail and carefully wrought melodies. Holly is a songwriter who selects her words with a poet's precision; and conjures her imagery with a painterly eye. The words are sparse and well chosen, but build rich little worlds. There's darkness here, and images in sharp focus: dim things in a pond, crows in a bed, a heart like an apple (red round and shot), kids in the dust. But there's also humour and playfulness in the instrumentation and the intricate arrangements: from toy piano ('The Shoulders and Bends') to chopsticks drumming on a window sill ('Making A Fire'), to beautiful string flourishes ('If We Go Easy'). These are songs by an artist in sure command of her delicate craft, an artistic leap forward from her highly praised debut."
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WOOME 003CD
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"The album is licensed from Australia's biggest independent label Spunk, home to Antony & The Johnsons, The Arcade Fire, Sufjan Stevens, Alasdair Roberts, M Ward and more. On Night is a collection of eleven songs (one exclusive to this European release) which Holly wrote, sang, and played on guitar. Holly has played a ton of shows with such luminaries as Devendra Banhart and Micah P Hinson, and toured nationally with Bonnie 'Prince' Billy, Mark Kozelek, New Buffalo and Hayden. The Australian said 'Lyrics resonating like the economic precision of a poem. Beautiful, fragile...a real pleasure, while the Herald Sun in Melbourne said 'Picked guitar, wistful brass, strings and lilting piano. The album is a gem'".
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