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NEW ALBUM: GRANT-LEE PHILLIPS ~ Lightning, Show Us Your Stuff - Ruby - 06-09-2020 GRANT-LEE PHILLIPS ~ Lightning, Show Us Your Stuff   I like Grant-Lee Phillips, mostly because he is so very much his own ‘brand’. And because he’s thoughtful, clever and sincere, and sometimes quite funny and he’s made some really good music – I just love this one from some time back – it’s so … complete … I think is the right word! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=coF7X_rKvHM. There’s not a lot about this new release that is light-hearted but it’s also not too ponderous – it’s solid and nicely put together with his able collaborators – mature song-writing - observations on the human condition without ranting and raving. Some songs linger longer than others, giving pause for thought, some are more lyrical, one in particular is punchy – he never reveals all immediately. The story behind the title is that one day, his then much younger daughter was out in the yard with stick or branch and she was dancing around, pointing up at the sky yelling ‘lightning, show us your stuff!’ which GLP was watching, and thinking he’d file away for future use, when lo and behold, a minute or two later there was the crack of thunder and a flash of blue light. Needless to say, he hustled the unwitting queen of spells inside before musing any further on that mental note! Provocation, invocation, who can say? Much the same way he describes his writing process. Here’s the final track – “Walking in my Sleep” … Oh yes - it gets labelled rock, indie, folk, world & country so I suppose really should be in alt? I dunno - don't think it matters too much! RE: NEW ALBUM: GRANT-LEE PHILLIPS ~ Lightning, Show Us Your Stuff - CRAZY-HORSE - 07-09-2020 i listened to your linked track Ruby. got to admit i felt like it didnt start nor end, it was just there, plucked out of the ether and plonked there to listen to. not your fault by any means. just feel i need to listen to the whole album to appreciate it fully and not one solitary track. i feel there should more to the whole story than 3 minutes. (must be like the disappointment Dani feels nowadays LOL).... i will get back to the full album later in the week. RE: NEW ALBUM: GRANT-LEE PHILLIPS ~ Lightning, Show Us Your Stuff - Ruby - 07-09-2020 ^Eish. Someone coined the phrase 'oversharing' which seems apt!      You have to get to know Grant-Lee Phillips - either you'll want to, or not. Subjective, as always. RE: NEW ALBUM: GRANT-LEE PHILLIPS ~ Lightning, Show Us Your Stuff - CRAZY-HORSE - 08-09-2020 okay, so i listened... album could have been labelled folk,country,americana, world etc, just like you mentioned Ruby. overall, a pleasant album which flows when played in its entirity as a single piece. favourite tracks: Aint Done Yet: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VCO6lpoiQEk audio Gather Up: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NZ9hKulA8rs video