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Richard Hawley > Lady's Bridge Audio CD

:: Mute U.S. :: Released: 2007-10-02

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Lady's Bridge Summary 2007 Album From The Critically Acclaimed British Singer/songwriter, His Fifth Solo Set Overall. Before He Began His Solo Career, Hawley Was A Member Of Longpigs And Pulp, Amongst Others. The Album, An Elegiac Ode To Hawley's Native Sheffield, England, Follows Up 2005's Stately Mercury Prize Nominee Coles Corner. 11 Tracks Including The Single 'tonight The Streets Are Ours'. Mute. 2007

The sleeve insert that comes with Richard Hawley's latest CD contains a large photo of a graffiti-covered fence, with the words "macho music is stupid" prominently displayed in plain black paint. It's a fitting slogan for Hawley, who has built a first-rate solo career out of tender rockabilly and velvety ballads that have nothing to do with pointless hipster bravado. As with his last record, the fantastic Coles Corner, the mood on Lady's Bridge is often lullaby quiet, with songs about love and loss, the hunger for understanding, and yet also a loner's desire for escape and isolation. But even though Hawley's nocturnes can be tremendously sad, they're never sappy or self-consciously cloying; the sweeping confidence of his work here is so satisfying, it's more natural to feel exhilarated than depressed. The first single, "Tonight the Streets are Ours" opens with a beautiful blast of strings, then rolls into a transcendent bridge celebrating the electric and scary intensity of connection. Doo-wop vocals elevate "I'm Looking for Someone to Find Me" into something joyous, which is a trick, considering the song's main refrain is "I got no one to love." Wonder is everywhere for Hawley, even when--especially when--he has to go it alone. "The Sea Calls" is an ode to the ocean, but it's also about a state of mind--the thrilling uncertainty that comes with loss, resignation, and the power of being on one's own. It's sturdy stuff made from blood and bones, with the kind of rich tonal authority one normally associates with names like Elvis, Orbison, and Cash. Buy it, and thank me later. --Matthew Cooke

Lady's Bridge Track Listing:

Valentine
Serious
Tonight the Streets are Ours
Lady Solitude
Dark Road
The Sea Calls
Lady's Bridge
I'm Looking for Someone to Find Me
Our Darkness
The Sun Refused to Shine

Lady's Bridge CD Techincal Details Artist: Richard Hawley
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UPC: 724596936825
Binding: Audio CD
Studio: Mute U.S.
Release Date: 2007-10-02
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