Steve Robinson

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Steve RobinsonStrangled folk and mangled pop from a transplanted Englishman lost in America.Swallowing The Sun, released 16 February 20211. Sorry Amsterdam2. Wild God3. Quiet One4. Milk and a Dash5. Mr. Empty Head6. Skinful7. Make You Mine8. Needle in The Red9. Smiling Delirious10. Dizzy Love Song11. Proud of Our LoveSome five years on from Cycle, his dandy of a duo album with award-winning singer-songwriter Ed Woltil, Robinson, the former Headlight and Roger McGuinn sideman, releases his long-awaited solo album, Swallowing The Sun.Cycle was released to a bounty of favourable reviews; No Depression calling the pair’s orchoustic pop opus “a gloriously synergistic merging of talents”; Powerpopaholic referred to it as “simply beautiful and very highly recommended”; with Absolute Powerpop adding "Tampa Bay's premier folk-poppers team up for one of 2015's best, a graceful and melodic collection of tunes that bring the pastoral side of XTC to mind”. Ultimately, the album’s assortment of critical hurrahs helped it end up on numerous ‘Best of The Year’ lists.Small wonder then, that Swallowing The Sun sees Robinson once again working alongside his friend and longtime collaborator, with Woltil assuming production duties and providing lovely multi-instrumental sonic touches aplenty. Stylistically, the songs veer from straight ahead folk rock (Milk and a Dash) to quirky McCartneyish, XTC-tinged alt-pop (Mr Empty Head/Make You Mine) with the odd wink and a nod to 80s darlings like The Smiths and Aztec Camera (Sorry Amsterdam) as well as a tarty Stones-like diatribe against the political weaponization of religion (Wild God) for good measure. A touching pedal steel cameo from Steve’s former Headlights bandmate, Steve Connelly, on the contemplative ballad, Skinful, adds a little emotional weight to the proceedings, as does yet another stellar turn from former XTC guitar maestro, Dave Gregory, whose stunning and stately slide guitar accompaniment to the George Harrison-inspired Quiet One would surely have elicited a wry smile from the quiet one himself.Speaking of emotional weight…the rather open-hearted and giddy folk-rocker, Dizzy Love Song, along with the more emotionally naked Celtic-tinged ballad, Proud of Our Love, would seem to have the love song portion of the programme covered quite nicely.

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