: ' .. .:.... . ' ' ______________ : ________ : ' \ / .. .:. .. \ / : : \ /_________ \ / . .. ... .. . : .\ / /___ /\ \ / ______________ ___ _. : \ / / \ / \ \/ / \ \ \ \ \ . ...:..\ / _______/ \/ \ ___/__ / / / / / : /\ / / \ \/ \ / / / . sH! ' / \/ / / / \ / / . ... .:.... .. . :/ _______/ / / / _______/__ ___ __ .\ / / / / / / / / / / / \ / / / / / / / / / / / . . \ /\______/ / / / / \___ / / : \/ ____ \ / / / / / : \ / \ /\____/\ / / : : ________\/ \ / \ / / : ' \ / \/ \ /\ / : . ..:.. . \ / \/ \ / \ / \ / . ' : \/ F A N G \ / : ' ____ \ / . . .. .. .:.. . \ / presents \ / . . \/ \/ : : . ..:.. , : Artist......: Bess Atwell : Album.......: Already, Always : : Label.......: Real Kind Records .. .:.. . Genre.......: Indie : Catnr.......: RLKND015 . ' Source......: CD , ; Rip.date....: 2021-10-10 Str.date....: 2021-09-24 Quality.....: 248kbps/44.1kHz/Joint Stereo . :.. .:. Url.........: http://www.bessatwell.com ' ' , ________ ________ \ / \ / \ / \ / \ / # title time \ / \/ \/ 1. Co-op 3:45 2. All You Can Do 3:04 3. Silver Fir 4:45 4. Dolly 2:55 5. Love Is Not Enough 3:23 6. How Do You Leave 4:28 7. Time Comes in Roses 3:11 8. Red Light Heaven 3:29 9. Olivia, in a Separate Bed 3:47 10. Nobody 2:30 ______ \ / ________ Runtime 35:17 ,\ /... . . .... .... \ / ' Size 66.32 ______ :\/ ', \ / , \ / ' '... ..\ /.. .. .....:. .. .... .. . ..\ /. : Release Notes: \/ , \/ , ' ' ,: "I slip my hands into my pockets, lean my head against the wall :, : at a Blondie tribute concert." Thus begins Bess Atwell's second : :' album - with warm, immediate imagery positioned starkly against ': ,: minimalist instrumentals. :, : : :' Released via Lucy Rose's Communion imprint Real Kind Records, ': ,: it focuses heavily on Atwell's own experiences dealing with a :, : traumatic family life, and a brief separation from her partner. : :' And yet, Already, Always maintains a special kind of ': ,: truthfulness. :, : : :' Posing questions rather than providing answers, she charts a ': ,: minefield of uncertainty, whether it be about a toxic :, : relationship or finding out more about herself. Perhaps the most : :' complex track on the album is 'How Do You Leave' - a sprawling, ': ,: revolving track whose driving percussive musicality sits in :, : direct opposition to the lyrical content: "How do you leave : :' somebody you love? Do you do it in the night?" she croons ': ,: delicately, as she frets around the question - running feet :, : combatting a worried head and heart. It's just one of many : :' intricate, sophisticated moments on an album that is full of ': ,: gems. :, : : :' Truly an album for poetry lovers, Already, Always is striking ': ,: in its specificity. Whether she's referencing Virginia Woolf's :, : Mrs. Dalloway (on album opener 'Co-op') or beginning 'Silver : :' Fir' with a painterly description of a house over a churning, ': ,: six-note piano riff, Atwell commands attention from the out. :, : : :' Undoubtedly, this record will see her compared to a host of ': ,: more prominent female musicians, and admittedly, the album does :, : sound a bit like Daughter, Lana Del Rey, or Julia Jacklin. : :' However, the diaristic quality of her lyrics saves her from ': ,: straying into copycat territory. The album is full of :, : confessions and precious secrets that feel sometimes too : :' personal to fall on a stranger's ears. Occasionally, it's as ': ,: though they've spilled from her mouth by accident, helped in no :, : small part by her breathless delivery. : :' ': ,: On 'Time Comes In Roses', she says "I'm tired of being like my :, : mother. I get excited, I get depressed, I'm never happy with how : :' I'm dressed...I'm scared of sleeping, and I don't know why." ': ,: But rather than allowing these confessions to consume her, :, : Atwell finds quiet strength in voicing them, and realises : :' there's a spellbinding power in sitting between heartbreak and ': ,: safety. :, : : :' ': : ' '.. ..' .. . :........... . . . . ............: . . ______________ ______________ \ / \ / \ / Shout out to all our homies from: \ / \ / \ / \ / iPC BOSS HiT2000 1way UKi i8 RNS \ / \ / RAGEMP3 MANDY DV8 pLAN9 BUTT \ / \ / \ / \/ ____ ____ \/ \ / F A N G \ / \/ 2 0 2 1 \/