- Label: 'Last Night From Glasgow'
- Genre: 'Indie'
- Release Date: '25.2.22.'
Our Rating:
Duty Of Care is a song cycle written as messages and lessons in life for David's new-born son. David uses to be in Vive La Rose.
The album opens with Duty Of Care (Arrival) and thankfully isn't the sounds of David's partner giving birth, but instead opens with the waves crashing on the shore and then opens out to become a shimmering crystalline slice of indie pop to welcome his son into the world, as David intones his thoughts and prayers about the birth, what It means to him, as he starts to map out a manifesto for his son's life, this is touching and sounds quite glorious.
Nothing Good Ever Happened Down By The River is a laid back stroll of a tune with a cautionary tale in the burnished vocals.
Datsun Cherry has a bit of a nostalgic feel to it, as well by the time his son is old enough to own a car that may well be a thing of the past and certainly offering the kid a Datsun Cherry will feel like giving the kid a real old banger, but of course this gentle tune is very far from being a clunker.
Fearchara is a sparse acoustic song with carefully plucked guitar and a message full of yearning and hope for what's to come.
The Town That Dreaded Sundown is a tale of the despair of feeling unsafe walking down the street after dark with a need to keep that fear and dread at bay and the hope that by the time his son is old enough to go out by himself the town will be a far safer place to go out in.
Call Bell is not what you will be ringing, when you want your mum to bring you a drink or some food, this has a gentle yearning feeling to it.
I've Seen All The Rules is slow and thoughtful like he already knows, that whatever rules he sets his son, he will find a way to break most of them, just like he would have done himself, this is slow and dour enough to sound like Elbow as David expresses his love for his new born son.
The album closes with Duty Of Care (Departure) that feel like a rather lush summation of the previous songs and messages for his son and has a very dream like feel to it both musically and lyrically.
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