Genres: Folk, Singer/songwriter
Paul Kelly knows exactly which buttons to push on this superb batch of very short understated songs. Kelly spends equal time writing about love's joy and the coldness when it ends, literally spring and fall. All the songs are driven by his voice accompanied by guitar but there is a large amount of instrumentation behind him packed into what seem at first to be quiet folk songs. The album feels like it was written for intimate rooms rather than large pop audiences as the arrangements are bare-bones and mostly acoustic. The set is over in a little over a half-hour totaling 12 songs (one is a hidden track at the end of the 11th) which detail new love, continued devotion, new hope, despair, infidelity, broken relationships and change. Kelly crafts intricate detail into all the characters in his lyrics on this disc but there are no longer story songs, here he is focused intently.
All the songs on this album find their marks. Brilliant.
Rating: 4.5/5
Here is a video link to 'New Found Year' that kicks off the album Spring and Fall.
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