There’s was something of a buzz surrounding this release from ex-Czar John Grant, this his debut solo effort supported by Texas indie-folk rockers Midlake has collected a choice selection of plaudits, despite or in-spite of this it’s sat in my inbox for a good time before I got around to having a listen.
Sometimes the hype is deserved and this is one of them, others have already professed the albums qualities in far more eloquent form than I can manage – so if this album flew under your personal radar I’ll point you here and here to read the plaudits – it really is a great piece of work created from adversity and well worth investing some time and money
Guardian interview
[...] Best of 2010 #1 to #12 By Simon, on December 17th, 2010 #1 Paul Weller “Wake Up the Nation“ #2 Lloyd Cole “Broken Record“ #3 Jim Bryson & The Weakerthans “The Falcon Lake Incident“ #4 Travel By Sea “Two States and the Blindness that Follows“ #5 Drive-by Truckers “The Big To-do“ #6 Kasey Anderson “Nowhere Nights“ #7 Caitlin Rose “Own Side Now“ #8 Justin Townes Earle “Harlem River Blues“ #9 Steve Wynn & The Miracle 3 “Northern Aggression“ #10 Quiet Loner “Spectrology“ #11 Neil Young “Le Noise“ #12 John Grant “Queen of Denmark“ [...]