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 The \u2018tu-whit, tu-who\u2019 of an owl, a distant droning piano growing ever closer, a wail of guitar feedback that breaks off as the piano begins its melody and a bass and bell signal the entrance of a wall of treated voices\u2026.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

So begins Moonglow Man and his Band of Beams<\/em>, the opening track of Colin Lloyd Tucker\u2019s new album Moonglow Man<\/em>. The clouds have parted and the moon is full, a terrific CLT moment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Moonglow Man<\/em> is Lloyd Tucker\u2019s first album of completely new material since Visitor in 2017. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

He has been no slouch though, producing the Shire\/Metroland<\/em> E.P. couplet and a string of entertaining singles in the meantime. These singles were collected together for a CD, Space Cadet\u2013His Mission is Clear<\/em> and issued exclusively on his website for Christmas 2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Moonglow Man<\/em> is also being made available on CD only from his site with a digital release planned for later in the year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The CD comes in a card wallet with an eight-page booklet that contains all of the lyrics.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I found myself reading through this before hearing a note of the disc. Unlike most writers in the world that, for the sake of argument I will call \u2018pop music\u2019, CLT\u2019s lyrics are very readable, often funny but also poetic, though never pretentious<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The concept here is, according to Colin \u201cLight, and its effect on the human condition\u201d but it is only a loose concept spread over nine tracks, he hasn\u2019t forced the idea just to make things fit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Melodies do return from time to time and lyrical themes are revisited in a way that pulls this album together, perhaps necessary when dealing with such a diverse collection of sounds, a CLT trait for sure.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

So, we get moments of funk, pop, some incredible acapella singing and even jazz enhanced by guest guitar virtuoso Brian Neil in a bewitching brew.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The appropriately cool In the Shade<\/em> moves along on a wave of dark funk with a relaxed vocal harmony that perfectly conveys the heat of a hot summers day.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Evening Song <\/em>captures its subject equally well with psychedelic guitars, dreamy sustained flute sounds (mellotron?) and some truly angelic singing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The longest track, clocking in at nine and a half minutes is\u00a0Moonglow\u2019s Return<\/em>, partially a reprise of the aforementioned\u00a0Moonglow Man and his Band of Beams<\/em> that melts into a prolonged instrumental.\u00a0Whilst Mr Neil performs the guitar equivalent of a pyrotechnics display CLT nips off for a costume change and returns donning his studio whizz-kid hat creating touches of Jamaican dub and all manner of sonic skulduggery. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

I could go on and mention the ukulele ditty about little green men (Star People<\/em>) or Twilight<\/em> with its nineteen sixties, slightly Running Scared<\/em> vibe but you need to hear it yourselves to fully appreciate this illuminating album.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Colin Lloyd Tucker is the greatest undiscovered songwriter\/craftsman of his generation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A maverick genius.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Jack Boyce – Kurrent Music<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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