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July Skies - “The Weather Clock”
All told, The Weather Clock is really just more of the same from Antony Harding. But if you find yourself at all captivated by July Skies’ crepuscular sounds, than you’ll welcome any chance to remain absorbed and captivated by them a little longer.
Pinetop Seven - “The Night’s Bloom”
The Night’s Bloom is the group’s latest long-player (that is, if you don’t count 2006’s collection of oddities and outtakes, Beneath Confederate Lake), and it’s a vital collection of everything that’s beautiful and evocative of the group’s spooky, forlorn music. As hinted at by the somewhat ominous title, there is darkness and sin and death and regret at work throughout the 13 tracks—and Richards mines it for many a rich storytelling gem.