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Folk, Americana, mooi.

Recently relocated to Atlantic Canada, Dear Friend is the fourth album from The Bombadils, featuring Luke Fraser and Sarah Frank. It has perhaps inevitably a reflective edge, opening with Bicycle one of several tracks featuring Ellen Gibling on harp. The song has a dreamy rustic Americana feel and harks back to when Sarah moved to Montreal aged 19 to make a life in music (“I’m dying/To get out of this town/The world is calling/And I’m longing/To lean against the handlebars/Hitch my wagon to a star/Sail across the brilliant sky/I wanna be a firefly”), hooking up with Luke and looking always to be moving forwards and never become jaded.

Luke taking the lead with Sarah on harmonies and fiddle, the gently rippling circling melody Tell Me I’m Not Dreaming again features harp and, inspired by their time spent living by the St. Lawrence River, continues the uplifting theme of hope and holding on to what matters (“You can have anything in the world for cheap/I want something to last, and something to keep”). A duet with Sarah to the fore and accompanying on banjo, that celebration of building a last love that deepens over the years (“Tied a knot around our promise/That we’d always be loving, we’d always be true/By the wax and the wane of the moon/Though it can’t be said just what lies ahead/I’ll love you through and through”) also underpins the dreamily waltzing Through and Through, the lyrics referencing both Montreal and their hometown of Halifax.

Tracks:
01. Bicycle
02. Tell Me I'm Not Dreaming
03. Through and Through
04. Losing Track of Time
05. Heartbeat
06. Records and Rent
07. Dangling Like Keys
08. Sepia
09. Little Days
10. Magnifying Glass
11. Dear Friend

Staat er compleet op, 10% pars mee gepost. Met zeer veel dank aan de originele poster. Laat af en toe eens weten wat je van het album vindt. Altijd leuk, de mening van anderen.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tPlU5MYYilw