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It’s an album of two halves: politically charged tracks such as the guitar and drums led ‘Bones Of Saints’, and ‘Carving Up The World Against…A Wall And Not A Fence’ on the one side, and softer songs like ‘Season’s Song’, with a very pleasing crunching of autumn leaves underfoot at the start, ‘A Way With Words’, sounding like an homage to Bowie, and ‘Bluebirds Over The Mountain’ (featuring Chrissie Hynde), on the other. Nonetheless all the tracks are united in a sense of urgency, as if Plant at his 69 years has realised now is the time to stand up and be counted. It’s a sobering thought that Plant might be feeling his own mortality, but given the number of his contemporaries who’ve died in recent years on the cusp of 70, it’s not a difficult leap to make.<\/p>\n
‘Carry Fire’ harks back to the glory days of Led Zeppelin, albeit with less oomph in Plant’s voice: the sultry sexiness of his smokey vocals however is perfect for the mostly down-tempo tracks, and doesn’t at all detract from the power of the lyrics. It’s here that ‘Carry Fire’ is at its most Zeppelin-esque, with lines such as, from ‘Season’s Song’,<\/p>\n
\nMy senses have escaped me
\nMy mind is on the run<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\nand, from ‘Bones Of Saints’, a commentary on the state of world politics,<\/p>\n
\nSo much, so nearly broken
\nThe servants of a lie
\nNow, everything is burning
\nThere’s a fire up in the sky<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\nCarry Fire is a strong album and picks up where his 2014 release, ‘lullaby and…The Ceaseless Roar’ left off. If this proves to be Plant’s final work, then it’s a brilliant one to end on. But it certainly sounds like there’s fire in the old dog yet, and we hope it’s not another three years until we hear more of where that came from.<\/p>\n
Robert Plant And The Space Shifters will be performing on the following dates at these locations:<\/p>\n
NOVEMBER<\/b>
\nThurs\u00a016th\u00a0 Plymouth,\u00a0Pavilions
\nFri 17th\u00a0 Bristol,\u00a0Colston Hall
\nMon 20th Wolverhampton,\u00a0Civic
\nWed\u00a022nd Llandudno, Venue Cymru
\nFri 24th Newcastle,\u00a0City Hall
\nSat 25th Liverpool,\u00a0Olympia
\nMon 27th Glasgow,\u00a0SEC Armadillo
\nTues 28th Perth, Concert Hall
\nThurs 30th Manchester,\u00a0O2 Apollo
\n<\/b><\/p>\nDECEMBER<\/b>
\nSat 2nd Belfast, Ulster Hall
\nSun 3rd Dublin,\u00a0Bord Gais Energy Theatre
\nWeds 6th Sheffield,\u00a0City Hall
\nFri 8th London, Royal Albert Hall
\nMon 11th\u00a0 Portsmouth,\u00a0Guildhall
\nTues 12th\u00a0 Birmingham,\u00a0Symphony Hall<\/div>\nSave<\/span><\/p>\n
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Robert Plant pulls no punches with ‘Carry Fire’, his first album in 3 years, out this Friday October 13.<\/p>\n