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 A brief collection of gentle and deep-thinking, wistful folk ballads, Dublin singer-songwriter James Vincent McMorrow's self-titled EP showcases a sensitive musical style in the vein of the likes of Fleet Foxes and Bon Iver.
'If I Had A Boat' opens with an unaccompanied chorused vocal introduction of McMorrow's self-provided vocal harmonies, before country-folk electric guitar twinges, gentle piano chords and a sensitive bass drum and tambourine beat kick in. It's a slow moving and beautiful track, gentle and moving, which builds and builds throughout with McMorrow's high pitched vocals also sounding comparison with Anthony Hegarty of Anthony and The Johnsons alongside the clear influence of Jeff Buckley and Ray Lamontagne as evidenced in 'This Old Dark Machine'.
Eight track demos of two gently lilting folk ballads, 'From The Woods' and 'Like The River' bring the EP to a close, both showcasing beautiful high-pitched vocals hauntingly whispering over gentle picked guitar. As heard in 'From The Woods', sometimes the lyrics are lost in McMorrow's whispering vocal, but the beautiful melody suggested through his singing beautifully compensates, sounding this self-titled EP as a promising start to James Vincent McMorrow's career....full text |
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| Shout4music |
| James Vincent McMorrow has had “number 1 success” in Ireland which may come as a bit of a surprise as it doesn’t exactly ooze mass market appeal. Obviously strange things happen to the national psyche when an entire country goes tits up. McMorrow can offer a fairly soulful voice – think Paolo Nutini crossed with Aaron Neville and (please God no) Seal and you’ll be somewhere near – but he can also do the desolation of Bonnie “Prince” Billy. Lead track ‘If I Had A Boat’ is a lonely meditation with weeping, bending guitar highlights and a sense of needful desolation. ‘This Old Dark Machine’ is much warmer, almost capable of being described as “funky”, and sees the soulful version of McMorrow producing a track which, in parts, echoes the melody of Joni Mitchell’s ‘Woodstock’. The remaining tracks, ‘From The Woods’ and ‘Like The River’ are 8 track demos and really do sound like campfire songs drawn up by the Bonnie Prince himself – although as might be expected of demos they do sound a little unfinished. McMorrow has a challenge in front of him – the serious male singer songwriter field isn’t exactly short of players – but based on this he might be able to carve out a niche for himself somewhere near the first team....full text |
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