Jane Weaver - The Fallen By Watch Bird (Expanded Edition) - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

Bill Wence started playing piano in his early teens in Salinas, California in the 50's. He worked in the lettuce fields in the summers with the 'braceros' and played piano with Bobby Bare during his junior year in High School while Bare was stationed in the Army at nearby Fort Ord. He worked the honky tonks in California, Oregon and Alaska throughout the 60's, moving to Nashville in 1973, where he hit the road, working with Tom T. Hall for over 1000 shows. He had cuts as a writer by Ronnie McDowell, Cristy Lane and others, as well has having four consecutive Billboard singles under his name on the Country charts in 1979-80. Tiring of the road, he opened his successful country radio promotion firm in 1980 but still occasionally spends a few days pounding the 88s for old friends - most recently Wanda Jackson. This album features Sisters Morales, Bekka Bramlett, Charlie McCoy, the Jordanaires, Becky Hobbs and other Nashville stalwarts.

Flock' is the record that Jane Weaver always wanted to make, the most genuine version of herself, complete with unpretentious Day-Glo pop sensibilities, wit, kindness, humour and glamour. A consciously positive vision for negative times, a brooding and ethereal creation. The album features an untested new fusion of seemingly unrelated compounds fused into an hum; pop music for post-new-normal times. Created from elements that should never date, it's pop music reinvented. Still prevalent are the cosmic sounds, but 'Flock' is a natural rebellion to the recent releases which sees her decidedly move away from conceptual roots in favour of writing pop music. Produced on a complicated diet of bygone Lebanese torch songs, 1980's Russian Aerobics records and Australian Punk. Amongst this broadcast of glistening sounds is 'The Revolution Of Super Visions', an untelevised Mothership connection, with Prince floating by as he plays scratchy guitar; it also features a funkySide A HeartlowThe Revolution Of Super VisionsStages Of PhasesLuxModern ReputationSide BFlockSunset DreamsAll The Things You DoPyramid SchemesSolarised

Featuring tracks co-produced by David Holmes, guest appearances by Australian vintage space-rockers Cybotron, a recycled chunk of a Hawkwind track, an intricate Damon Gough guitar solo, some Suzanne Ciani waves and post production, plus remix flourishes by Andy Votel, 'The Silver Globe' is a shiny beautifully polished gem.