11-04-2026, 17:33
DAVID GRAY ~ Nightjar
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Totally missed this one, even after flagging it! Released on the 27th of March. Nightjar is touted as a companion album to 2005’s Life in Slow Motion. It’s one hour and seventeen minutes and 19 tracks long. A double album, in the language of the days of yore. And actually, it does seem to have been released on vinyl, firstly. Quite a challenging listen for someone with the attention span of a goldfish – as in yours truly, currently.
The first four tracks were my cup of tea, then came some forgettable techno type offerings and some non-techno forgettable offerings – a general lack of cohesion, I thought, which is to be expected considering it’s likely an album of tracks that didn’t make it to a release two decades back.
However, it’s not all doom and gloom – there is certainly some – this is David Gray after all! But seriously – there are more than a few redeeming numbers once you get to grips with the thing. If I did acquire the album, I would quickly learn which tracks to skip over.
Ultimately, on balance, I’d say there’s more worthwhile hearing than misstep, so if you’re a fan, give it whirl – you’re likely to find something that is pleasing to the ear.
The title track ...
Totally missed this one, even after flagging it! Released on the 27th of March. Nightjar is touted as a companion album to 2005’s Life in Slow Motion. It’s one hour and seventeen minutes and 19 tracks long. A double album, in the language of the days of yore. And actually, it does seem to have been released on vinyl, firstly. Quite a challenging listen for someone with the attention span of a goldfish – as in yours truly, currently.
The first four tracks were my cup of tea, then came some forgettable techno type offerings and some non-techno forgettable offerings – a general lack of cohesion, I thought, which is to be expected considering it’s likely an album of tracks that didn’t make it to a release two decades back.
However, it’s not all doom and gloom – there is certainly some – this is David Gray after all! But seriously – there are more than a few redeeming numbers once you get to grips with the thing. If I did acquire the album, I would quickly learn which tracks to skip over.
Ultimately, on balance, I’d say there’s more worthwhile hearing than misstep, so if you’re a fan, give it whirl – you’re likely to find something that is pleasing to the ear.
The title track ...
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