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"Happy Accidents" is the fifth studio album by British singer-songwriter Jamie Lawson, released 29th September 2017 on the Gingerbread Man label.
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Jamie Lawson’s Happy Accidents is a mature emotional retrospective from a writer finally content in his own skin. Sometimes sombre in places, sometimes romantic or heartfelt, it’s a record of warmth, comfort but most of all connections – all wrapped up in an accessible and easily digestible pop package.
There’s no bells and whistles or magic studio trickery on Lawson’s music, just eloquent, well-crafted pop in in its simplest form. Mainly guitars with a little bit of band additions here and there. A few producer moments. Ultimately, it’s sound is lush but sparse. I’ve always said that a good tune could be done by anyone from a Welsh Male Choir to a 10-year-old on a harpsichord. That’s why the Beatles are eternally perennial. I think Lawson has some of that in his song writing, too. And he knows the importance of holding back for deeper impact.
Despite the title’s origins, this wasn’t entirely meant to be a romantic album. Numbers like Fall into Me and Time on My Hands add some spice. That means not all the 17 seventeen tracks on this collection are sombre heartbreakers but the fact remains that any of them are. As an album, I don’t really know if you’d take it all in at once. Either way there is no filler. It’s a good thing.
Reviewed by Tim Gruar for 13thfloor.co.nz.
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