BEATS OF LOVE
177. Human Love LP by E.R. Thorpe
I HAD the good sense to ask Emma to support Huw Costin with Torn Sail way back in 2013 after Paul suggested it. She didn't disappoint.
Only a lowly framework; a bare stool-and-guitar setup constrained her. Now, amidst a Nottinghamshire renaissance, the fuller band setting finally gives her songs room to breathe, revealing their layered and beguiling depth. My favourite songs keep changing, which is always a good sign.
Hard not to get emotional hearing Red Dust and Dinner For One in this new light as songs that cradled me during tough times now sound even richer and more memorable. Brilliant players do that. They help Emma realise her fullest potential, creating a hell of a cohesive whole. We downplay the importance of life affirming music passed down through generations in our world of sound-snippets. But records that hold together as a complete journey, that ask for your full attention and return it with interest, are rarer than they should be. This is one.
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| Joseph Eid |
I like to think it was something like Human Love on Abu's gramophone player, music that makes the world around you feel, briefly, less ruined.
https://erthorpe.bandcamp.com/album/human-love-2
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