Ed Harcourt - Beyond The End on CD

Description

Ed Harcourt presents Beyond The End, his eighth studio album, and his first for Point Of Departure. A much acclaimed recording artist who released his Mercury Prize nominated debut, Here Be Monsters on Heavenly Records in 2001, in recent years his has gained acclaim for his songwriting for a variety of artists. The album, which follows Furnaces, his 2016 album for Polydor, sees Ed Harcourt add another new string to his multi-faceted musical bow. Something of a left-turn after its busy, big-screen, somewhat under-appreciated predecessor, it sees the supremely versatile singer, writer and all-round instrumentalist bravely eschew vocals and lyrics and create a soft-spoken yet emotionally loquacious group of piano-led instrumentals, as if sound-tracking an as yet invisible film, or responding to today's ferocious shouting match of a planet with a mesmerizing, meditative calm. "The world that we live in, we're exhausted by the internet, social media, the sheer barrage of news and vomit being rained down us on a daily basis. You can't avoid it, and it's tiring. So this record came from taking a step back - it's something that's trying to be beautiful. My hope is that people might choose to swim amongst this music when it all gets too much."

TRACKS

Diving Bell
Wolves Change Rivers
Duet for Ghosts
Empress of the Lake
Keep Us Safe
Faded Photographs
For My Father
For My Mother
Beneath the Brine
There is Still a Fire
Circling Red Kites
Whiskey Held My Sleep to Ransom