David Gray - Mutineers - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

2014 , the 10th album from the acclaimed Irish singer/songwriter. Twenty-One years since his first studio album, Mutineers finds David Gray steering into unfamiliar territory while cultivating a pugnacious but respectful relationship with his own history. 'I think if you're going forward with an open heart, good things will happen', says David. 'You have to sort of tear up the past and let it go'. The only certainty that David had at the commencement of his new recording was the need to surprise himself, not just in terms of how he worked, but the ideas that drove him and the people he worked with. David's collaborator, producer and occasional combatant during this raid on new horizons was Lamb's Andy Barlow. Mutineers then, is an experiment that seems to fizz with the joy of it's own assembly. The sound of a musician making a clean break and some sharp turns but also reconnecting with the freedoms of an earlier dream, a rebuke and a salutation to all that's gone before.

Deluxe two CD edition includes a bonus CD containing 15 additional tracks. 2016 collection from the British singer/songwriter featuring a selection of tracks from across his extensive back catalog as well as two brand new tracks. David Gray's early music was in a contemporary folk-rock, singer-songwriter mode; his primary instrument was acoustic guitar, with occasional piano. Starting with the of 1998's White Ladder, Gray began to make significant use of computer-generated music to accompany his voice and acoustic instrumentation, a technique which differentiates him from many of his peers. Despite the move to more complex music, Gray has used small-scale, often home-based, recording methods and equipment and espoused a do-it-yourself approach to music production.

David Gray's 'Nightjar' arrives as a companion piece to the 20th anniversary edition of 'Life in Slow Motion'; a 19-track collection of never-before-heard songs. Born from the same writing sessions that lead to 'Life in Slow Motion', 'Nightjar' is a trove of classic David Gray, alongside more experimental pieces and unexpected twists.