It doesn’t seem two years since the last Richard Thompson album – but the man who flew furthest from Fairport Convention while Sandy Denny sadly fell to earth, still turns out quality fare. And this is his best for some while.
He’s still working his way through a Covid backlog of songs and, having then invested in a home studio, now supplies detailed demos to his band, the core of which remains bassist Taras Prodaniuk and drummer Michael Jerome. Engineer James Frazee, who’s worked with Thompson’s son Teddy, earns a co-production credit, though whether this heralds a lengthy Mitchell Froom-like partnership remains to be seen.
A brass section is employed at intervals, evoking memories of I Want to See the Bright…

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