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Ten albums deep, Richard Hawley is practically his own genre, one steeped in the bittersweet romance and pub atmospheres of his hometown of Sheffield, England. It's a vibe he's explicitly conjured throughout his career and one he imbues with a cinematic poetry on 2024's In This City They Call You Love. Produced by Hawley with longtime collaborators Colin Elliot and Mark Sheridan, the album teeters eloquently between introspective folk, twangy roots pop, and bashing psych-rockabilly numbers. Musically, the album is a nice balance of the sounds and influences he's pursued throughout his career. We get Roy Orbison's stardust majesty on "Prism in Jeans" and "Hear That Whistle Blow," while "Heavy Rain" and "I'll Never Get Over You" have the intimate singer/songwriter poignancy of Richard Thompson. There are even a few sonically vibrant rockers here, including "Deep Space," where he evokes his early alt-rock roots as a member of Pulp and the Longpigs. That track also reveals the underlying existential threads running through many of his songs. A sci-fi rock & roll anthem for the planet, it finds him pleading for both solace and an end to environmental destruction. He sings "Well we dream of living on other worlds/We're a strung-out wing on a broken bird/We need space/Deep space." Then, on "Have Love," he invokes the Beatles, singing "You gotta have love, if you want to get love/You gotta give love, love, love, love, love." With In This City They Call You Love, Hawley has crafted yet another indelible ode to his hometown, an album of rock mantras that express universal truths, no matter where you live.
© Matt Collar /TiVo
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Richard Hawley, Composer, Producer, Writer, MainArtist - Mark Sheridan, Producer, Engineer - Colin Elliot, Producer, Engineer, Bass - Duncan Cowell, Engineer - Dean Beresford, Drums
© 2024 BMG Rights Management (UK) Limited ℗ 2024 BMG Rights Management (UK) Limited
Richard Hawley, Composer, Producer, Writer, MainArtist - Mark Sheridan, Producer, Backing Vocals - Colin Elliot, Producer, Engineer, Percussion, Piano, Backing Vocals, Bass - Duncan Cowell, Engineer - Dean Beresford, Drums
© 2024 BMG Rights Management (UK) Limited ℗ 2024 BMG Rights Management (UK) Limited
Paul Brennan, Cello - Richard Hawley, Composer, Producer, Writer, MainArtist - Mark Sheridan, Producer, Backing Vocals - Colin Elliot, Producer, Engineer, Percussion, Piano, Backing Vocals, Bass, Strings Arranger - Duncan Cowell, Engineer - Zoe Colman, Violin - Dean Beresford, Drums - Liz Hanks, Cello - Susannah Simmons, Violin - Martin Schäfer, Viola - Steven Proctor, Violin - Liz Rossi, Violin - Ali Vennart, Viola
© 2024 BMG Rights Management (UK) Limited ℗ 2024 BMG Rights Management (UK) Limited
Paul Brennan, Cello - Richard Hawley, Composer, Producer, Writer, Bass, MainArtist - Mark Sheridan, Producer, Engineer - Colin Elliot, Producer, Engineer, Percussion, Strings Arranger - Duncan Cowell, Engineer - Zoe Colman, Violin - Dean Beresford, Drums - Liz Hanks, Cello - Susannah Simmons, Violin - Martin Schäfer, Viola - Steven Proctor, Violin - Liz Rossi, Violin - Ali Vennart, Viola
© 2024 BMG Rights Management (UK) Limited ℗ 2024 BMG Rights Management (UK) Limited
Richard Hawley, Composer, Producer, Writer, MainArtist - Mark Sheridan, Producer, Engineer - Colin Elliot, Producer, Engineer - Duncan Cowell, Engineer
© 2024 BMG Rights Management (UK) Limited ℗ 2024 BMG Rights Management (UK) Limited
Richard Hawley, Composer, Producer, Writer, MainArtist - Mark Sheridan, Producer, Engineer, Backing Vocals - Colin Elliot, Producer, Double Bass, Engineer, Backing Vocals - Duncan Cowell, Engineer - Dean Beresford, Drums
© 2024 BMG Rights Management (UK) Limited ℗ 2024 BMG Rights Management (UK) Limited
Richard Hawley, Composer, Producer, Writer, MainArtist - Mark Sheridan, Producer - Colin Elliot, Producer, Engineer, Bass - Duncan Cowell, Engineer - Dean Beresford, Drums
© 2024 BMG Rights Management (UK) Limited ℗ 2024 BMG Rights Management (UK) Limited
Richard Hawley, Composer, Producer, Writer, MainArtist - Mark Sheridan, Producer, Engineer, Backing Vocals - Colin Elliot, Producer, Engineer, Backing Vocals - Duncan Cowell, Engineer
© 2024 BMG Rights Management (UK) Limited ℗ 2024 BMG Rights Management (UK) Limited
Richard Hawley, Composer, Producer, Writer, MainArtist - Mark Sheridan, Producer, Acoustic Guitar - Colin Elliot, Producer, Engineer, Bass - Duncan Cowell, Engineer - Dean Beresford, Drums
© 2024 BMG Rights Management (UK) Limited ℗ 2024 BMG Rights Management (UK) Limited
Paul Brennan, Cello - Richard Hawley, Composer, Producer, Writer, MainArtist - Jarvis Cocker, Backing Vocals - Mark Sheridan, Producer, Engineer, Backing Vocals - Colin Elliot, Producer, Engineer, Keyboards, Percussion, Bass, Strings Arranger - Duncan Cowell, Engineer - Zoe Colman, Violin - Dean Beresford, Drums - Liz Hanks, Cello - Susannah Simmons, Violin - Martin Schäfer, Viola - Steven Proctor, Violin - Liz Rossi, Violin - Ali Vennart, Viola
© 2024 BMG Rights Management (UK) Limited ℗ 2024 BMG Rights Management (UK) Limited
Richard Hawley, Composer, Producer, Writer, MainArtist - Mark Sheridan, Producer, Engineer, Backing Vocals - Colin Elliot, Producer, Engineer, Percussion, Backing Vocals, Bass - Duncan Cowell, Engineer - Dean Beresford, Drums
© 2024 BMG Rights Management (UK) Limited ℗ 2024 BMG Rights Management (UK) Limited
Paul Brennan, Cello - Richard Hawley, Composer, Producer, Writer, MainArtist - Mark Sheridan, Producer - Colin Elliot, Producer, Double Bass, Engineer, Strings Arranger - Duncan Cowell, Engineer - Zoe Colman, Violin - Martin Schäfer, Viola - Steven Proctor, Violin
© 2024 BMG Rights Management (UK) Limited ℗ 2024 BMG Rights Management (UK) Limited
Album review
Ten albums deep, Richard Hawley is practically his own genre, one steeped in the bittersweet romance and pub atmospheres of his hometown of Sheffield, England. It's a vibe he's explicitly conjured throughout his career and one he imbues with a cinematic poetry on 2024's In This City They Call You Love. Produced by Hawley with longtime collaborators Colin Elliot and Mark Sheridan, the album teeters eloquently between introspective folk, twangy roots pop, and bashing psych-rockabilly numbers. Musically, the album is a nice balance of the sounds and influences he's pursued throughout his career. We get Roy Orbison's stardust majesty on "Prism in Jeans" and "Hear That Whistle Blow," while "Heavy Rain" and "I'll Never Get Over You" have the intimate singer/songwriter poignancy of Richard Thompson. There are even a few sonically vibrant rockers here, including "Deep Space," where he evokes his early alt-rock roots as a member of Pulp and the Longpigs. That track also reveals the underlying existential threads running through many of his songs. A sci-fi rock & roll anthem for the planet, it finds him pleading for both solace and an end to environmental destruction. He sings "Well we dream of living on other worlds/We're a strung-out wing on a broken bird/We need space/Deep space." Then, on "Have Love," he invokes the Beatles, singing "You gotta have love, if you want to get love/You gotta give love, love, love, love, love." With In This City They Call You Love, Hawley has crafted yet another indelible ode to his hometown, an album of rock mantras that express universal truths, no matter where you live.
© Matt Collar /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 12 track(s)
- Total length: 00:42:06
- Main artists: Richard Hawley
- Composer: Richard Hawley
- Label: BMG Rights Management (UK) Limited
- Genre: Pop/Rock Rock Alternative & Indie
© 2024 BMG Rights Management (UK) Limited ℗ 2024 BMG Rights Management (UK) Limited
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