{"id":13726,"date":"2015-09-15T11:21:58","date_gmt":"2015-09-15T10:21:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/?p=13726"},"modified":"2015-09-15T11:25:46","modified_gmt":"2015-09-15T10:25:46","slug":"john-lawrence-songs-from-the-precipice","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/2015\/09\/john-lawrence-songs-from-the-precipice\/","title":{"rendered":"UNFINISHED MYNCI BUSINESS: John Lawrence – ‘Songs From The Precipice’"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"John<\/p>\n

I saw Gorky\u2019s Zygotic Mynci many years ago supporting The Fall and, impatient for the pedagogic poetry of Mark E Smith, summarily dismissed them.<\/strong><\/h4>\n

Having now had the pleasure of listening to founding guitarist John Lawrence\u2019s new solo album, I realise that this was probably one of my more stupid life decisions.<\/strong><\/h4>\n

‘Songs From The Precipice’ is a stunning showcase of Lawrence\u2019s skill both as multi-instrumentalist and producer. Although only seven tracks long, it\u2019s a dense work, which yields more with every listen, hidden melodies emerging as the layers of instrumentation unfold.<\/p>\n

Lawrence draws from a wide palette of styles from jazz-funk, alt-country and new folk, but there\u2019s no muso grandstanding \u2013 despite the sophistication of the production – this is a subtle, organic, human record.<\/p>\n

There\u2019s something of the campfire about these songs, Lawrence\u2019s voice has a genuine warmth that recalls Nick Drake or Kevin Ayers and the mountainous Welsh landscape where he records is clearly an inspiration.<\/p>\n

Lyrical, bucolic, redolent of the past and yet strikingly modern, this is a fine collection of songs.<\/p>\n

‘Songs From The Precipice’ is out now in CD and digital format via John Lawrence’s website<\/a>, CDBaby<\/a>, iTunes<\/a>, Amazon mp3<\/a>, GreatIndieMusic, Shazam, SoundExchange, Google Music Store<\/a>, and Tradebit.<\/p>\n