release date: Sep. 9, 2009
format: cd
[album rate: 3,5 / 5] [3,44]
producer: Richard Hawley and Colin Elliot
label: Mute Records - nationality. England, UK
Track highlights: 2. "Open Up Your Door" (4 / 5) - 4. "Remorse Code" (4,5 / 5) (live at Melkweg) - 5. "Don't Get Hung Up in Your Soul" - 6. "Soldier On" - 8. "Don't You Cry"
5th solo album release by Richard Hawley. It's not that it's a lesser release but in his list of albums it's not that far from the 2007 release Lady's Bridge. There's not much new in his music, and yes, I'm well aware of the fact that some musicians really don't have to present us the big progression 'cause what they do just sounds perfectly fine as is, and Hawley is one of those artists. "Remorse Code" is a beautiful (almost progressive) long track at 9:50 min, and "Don't You Cry" even surpasses it lasting 10:42 min. Both tracks may be seen as Hawley experimenting with sound and sentiments, and all in all the album is his most quiet and tender album so far. The album won the prize Mojo Record of the Year in 2009.
[ allmusic.com 4,5 / 5, The Guardian, Mojo, Q Magazine 4/ 5, Uncut 3 / 5 stars ]
