Understudy Boo Hewerdine
Album info
Album-Release:
2022
HRA-Release:
28.06.2022
Album including Album cover
- 1 Magnets 02:19
- 2 Useful 03:30
- 3 Men without a War 03:17
- 4 Someone Else's Blues 03:36
- 5 Why I Bring You Flowers 02:52
- 6 The Thing You Love 02:58
- 7 A Dream within a Dream 02:39
- 8 Ancestors 02:55
- 9 The Day I Fell in Love with the World 03:11
- 10 Spring 03:06
- 11 Euston Station 03:14
- 12 Afternoons 03:23
Info for Understudy
One of Britain's most consistently accomplished songwriters (BBC Music). Written in Glasgow - recorded with long time collaborator Chris Pepper in East Anglia, Understudy finds Boo in reflective mood with a fatalistic yet joyful narrative running throughout the lyrics, songs about these strange times individually and globally some of his finest to date.
"We’ve all been going through the strangest time. This album was written in my Glasgow flat. I was unable to visit my dad in his care home. But we would talk every day. I turned 60 (I’m 25 in real life). I lost dad. I fell in love with my home life. I rediscovered the joy of writing all the time. I made new remote friends. This album is reflection of this strange time. It is a record." (Boo Hewerdine)
"As a result, ‘Understudy’ is a truly beautiful album, and Boo Hewerdine shows himself yet again to be one of Britain’s best songwriters." (Graham Bollands, americana-uk.com)
Boo Hewerdine, all instruments, vocals
Chris Pepper, all instruments, vocals
Additional musicians:
Gustaf Ljunggren, lapsteel (tracks 1, 2, 12), piano (track 6) flute (track 8), electric mandolin (track 7)
Angus Lyon, piano (track 11)
Pete Harvey, cello (track 5)
Ben Hewerdine, keyboards (track 11), strings (track 3, 6, 10)
Seonaid Aitken, violin (track 1)
Katrina Lee, violin (track 2)
Patsy Reid, viola
Alice Allen, cello
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