Grant-Lee Phillips - All That You Can Dream - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

2020 . Grant-Lee Phillips' album, Lightning, Show Us Your Stuff, is a turbulent and highly musical rumination that finds the veteran singer-songwriter at his most inspired. His tenth solo bears the markings of his prolific output, a melodic prowess and an ear for lyric in everyday conversation. The album is grown from the same rich soil that Phillip's long career, from Grant Lee Buffalo to his solo work has sprang from. The result is a beautifully human musical tapestry. The warm, live on the floor, instrumental bed is the perfect support for Phillips' inimitable voice. This spontaneous approach has become a tradition among his solo works. This record is supported by peerless drummer, Jay Bellerose (whose many credits include Raising Sand by Alison Krauss and Robert Plant) and bassist Jennifer Condos (heard on Bruce Springsteen's Ghost of Tom Joad and other classics).

I'm drawing from the urgency of the moment,Inch says acclaimed Nashville-based singer-songwriter Grant-Lee Phillips of Widdershins, his ninth solo album. Inspired by Inchthe things that eat away in the late hours,Inch Phillips invests the insight, nuance and wit in a riveting dissection of today's fraught social landscape. Recorded over four days at Sound Emporium in Nashville, the 12-track set was produced by Phillips (guitar, vocals, keyboards) and cut largely live in the studio as a trio with Jerry Roe (drums) and Lex Price (bass). Mixed by Tucker Martine (My Morning Jacket, The Decemberists) and engineered by Mike Stankiewicz, the album delivers it's poetic truths in Phillips' peerless melodic sensibilities, relayed via vocal performances that balance intensity and vulnerability. Lead single InchTotally You GunslingerInch for instance is a backhanded salute with a mix that combines Roy Orbison with The Smiths. InchI made a commitment to myself not to sink into despair,Inch explains Phillips, InchI'm tracing a longer narrative here. We've been through some of this before - not just our country, but the civilization as a whole.Inch Phillips sees in Widdershins a connection to his earliest work with Grant Lee Buffalo. InchThat was also a time of intense social anxiety. The Gulf War, the LA riots - everything became cranked up. Then a few years later there was the earthquake we lived through, which also made for a time of uneasiness. I was in a heightened state when I wrote that stuff - as I am now.

With golden voice and silver-dipped pen Grant-Lee Phillips LITTLE MOON, his first album since 2007 's STRANGELET, is track after track of well-anchored classic American music - Rock and Folk swirl under clouds of cinematic strings for a primer on the art of the timeless tune. His legendary well of melody is in full display on LITTLE MOON, with even the most lilting piano ballad standing comfortably on a thick, powerful trunk. Long one of Los Angeles' most sought after songwriters, Grant-Lee meets LITTLE MOON with positive inspirations including the birth of his daughter Violet and a creative calm that saw the songs well up organically from earlier live collaborations with drummer Jay Bellerose, producer bassist Paul Bryan and keyboardist Jamie Edwards. Captured live in the studio with limited overdubs, the album keenly chronicles the sunny day feel of the songs and that ever-elusive in the moment groove of a finely-tuned band working out equally finely-crafted material.