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Track List
01) My Unintended
02) Reputation
03) Charm Alone
04) What Lies Ahead
05) Anagnorisis
06) Torpor
07) Milked
08) Girl To The North Country
09) On Deaf Ears
10) The Descent
01) My Unintended
02) Reputation
03) Charm Alone
04) What Lies Ahead
05) Anagnorisis
06) Torpor
07) Milked
08) Girl To The North Country
09) On Deaf Ears
10) The Descent
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2017
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"From the Trees" is British singer-songwriter Peter Hammill's 35th solo album, released on his own Fie! Records on December 1st 2017.
At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from critics, the album received an average score of 84, based on 4 reviews, indicating "Universal acclaim".
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From The Trees is the latest in a very long line of determinedly individualistic, some might say self-absorbed, Hammill solo albums. Will it win the highbrow progster new admirers? Not a jot. Will it sell more than a generous handful of copies? Unlikely. But that doesn’t stop it being achingly, challengingly brilliant. The overriding theme is, as ever, an intensely personal one. Since suffering a heart attack in 2003 Hammill has been haunted by visions of his own mortality. Now nearing his 70th birthday – and if you’ll forgive the image of a rancid tramp waving a placard down Oxford Street – he realises the end is nigh. Thus From The Trees, to quote the man himself, is full of songs that explore – or, more accurately, dissect – the experience of “facing up to or edging in towards twilight”.
In common with much of PH’s modern-day output the album has a sparse, cottage-industry appeal. Occasional bursts of fierce, psychotic guitar evoke the spirit of punk-rock alter ego, Rikki Nadir. Otherwise it’s voice and piano and very little else. The intimacy is at times so intense it’s almost frightening.
Reviewed by Geoff Barton for teamrock.com.
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"From the Trees" is British singer-songwriter Peter Hammill's 35th solo album, released on his own Fie! Records on December 1st 2017.
At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from critics, the album received an average score of 84, based on 4 reviews, indicating "Universal acclaim".
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From The Trees is the latest in a very long line of determinedly individualistic, some might say self-absorbed, Hammill solo albums. Will it win the highbrow progster new admirers? Not a jot. Will it sell more than a generous handful of copies? Unlikely. But that doesn’t stop it being achingly, challengingly brilliant. The overriding theme is, as ever, an intensely personal one. Since suffering a heart attack in 2003 Hammill has been haunted by visions of his own mortality. Now nearing his 70th birthday – and if you’ll forgive the image of a rancid tramp waving a placard down Oxford Street – he realises the end is nigh. Thus From The Trees, to quote the man himself, is full of songs that explore – or, more accurately, dissect – the experience of “facing up to or edging in towards twilight”.
In common with much of PH’s modern-day output the album has a sparse, cottage-industry appeal. Occasional bursts of fierce, psychotic guitar evoke the spirit of punk-rock alter ego, Rikki Nadir. Otherwise it’s voice and piano and very little else. The intimacy is at times so intense it’s almost frightening.
Reviewed by Geoff Barton for teamrock.com.
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