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Peter and the Murder of Crows | 
| Artist: Peter Bruntnell
Label: Loose
Category: Music
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Rating:  4 reviews
Sales Rank: 5136
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 5 x 0.5
EAN: 5029432008021
ASIN: B001AI9412
Release Date: September 8, 2008
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| Tracks:
| • | False Start | | • | Domestico | | • | John | | • | Clothes Of Winter | | • | Cold Water Swimmer | | • | Devils Good Son | | • | Lowlife | | • | Hash Dream Craving | | • | Sea Of Japan |
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 Another 2008 album to crow about October 29, 2008
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
Yet another album that left me feeling distinctly under whelmed on first listen ...and on the second . But on the third and fourth occasions Peter And The Murder Of Crows started to percolate through my stubborn synapses. The low key melodies started to coalesce , the fugue like arrangements to approximate some kind of sense. And I ended up liking this album a lot. Patience and persistence are the key with this album it would seem.
This is Peter Bruntnell,s 7th album but the first I have ever bought. It apparently marks a departure away from alt country yearnings of his previous work for a more ruminative reflective sound with gradated subtle depths. Guitars, sibilant percussion , keyboards are augmented by cello, violin, double bass, clarinet, Indian harmonium , sitar and something called the Cajon. Bruntnells vocals have a minor textured burr but are soothing and extremely pleasant .
As ,indeed, are most of the songs co-written with Bill Ritchie. "False Start" is in fact anything but , a beautifully judged low level drone framing the woozy arrangement. "Domestico " is the most overtly pop moment of the album where Bruntnells, voice strives achingly for the higher register needed for the chorus. Then there is the way the predictable rock chords of "John " are back dropped by wide screen strings.
Comparisons can be made with contemporary artists like Iron And Wine or even Bon Iver ( though in truth this is more fulsome music) but the album PATMOC most reminds me of is an album by Chris Holmes "Dan Loves Patti" which shares this albums hazy instrumental intensity. Occasionally the album skirts too close to mundane singer songwriter territory like on the congenial "Clothes of Winter" or the frankly bland "Devils Good Son" but the light-headed strings and zippy sitar of "Cold Water Swimmer " blast away any misconceptions that this is traditional singer songwriter fare. To ram this fact home is the piano led ballad "Lowlife", the slightly psychedelic wig out at the end of "Hash Dream Craving " and the albums greatest moment of transcendental splendour "Bluebeard" which revels (politely)in luxurious strings and delicate backing vocals.
After the first two listens of this album I was ready to sell it on wondering what all the fuss was about .I am so glad I resisted this , put it back on the shelf and came back to it again. In a very fine year for albums Peter Bruntnell has given us one more reason to celebrate the wondrous diversity and quality of music lurking out there beyond the mainstream.
Another triumph for Peter Bruntnell? October 29, 2008
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
Is Peter and the Murder of Crows another triumph for Peter Bruntnell?
The answer is undoubtedly yes. With a new line up and a brand new sound, Peter and the Murder of Crow can easily be held in the same high regard as NFB and Ghost in Spitfire. Which is a tough act to follow, as these are very strong records.
Although we hear Peter introduce new elements to this latest recording such as electric sitar and electronic Indian drone the basis all great Bruntnell recordings is captured here. It's the voice and it's in the words. At times down in mouth, dark and awkward. But isn't that what Peter Bruntnell does so well?
I think this could be the album to move Peter Bruntnell out shadows and into the brighter lights.
 Undiscovered gem September 26, 2008
3 out of 4 found this review helpful
Although a different sound to his last CD Ghost In A Spitfire this is a wonderful piece of work. His voice is so beautifully timeworn and suits the soft woozily melodic backing. If only he received the recognition he deserves!Very highly recommended
Unknown but unbettered! September 25, 2008
5 out of 6 found this review helpful
Simply the best work of 2008. Bruntnell's voice takes us from dying summer to the glorious colours of autumn, and leaves us feeling warm enough to survive the harshest of winters. This really is a beautiful gem, it should be treasured. But it won't be, at least not by enough - shameful really.
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