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PZL203: Hugh J. Noble - Here In The Smoke

by Hugh J. Noble

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Includes unlimited streaming via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality downloads of PZL204: Hanemoon - Rain Or Shine, PZL202: Pale Lights - Waverly Place, PZL203: Hugh J. Noble - Here In The Smoke, PZL201: Crabber - Crabber Crabber Hey!, PZL194: The Aspersions - Cast Off, PZL199: Slum Summer - Living In Milk, PZL197: Mañana El Espacio - Casi Nada Es Para Siempre, PZL198: Aggi - Aggi Hates You (Completely), and 186 more. , and , .

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1.	Looking In On You 02:12	buy track
2.	Lorain 03:17	buy track
3.	Peregrines 01:56	buy track
4.	Alamogordo 03:02	buy track
5.	BA0272 02:34	buy track
6.	Going Back To Leeds 03:00	buy track
7.	Descending 03:26	buy track
8.	The Cascades 03:52	buy track
9.	Hollydale Road 03:23	buy track
10.	Disarray 01:41	buy track
11.	Pelican Bay 03:00	buy track
12.	Each Street Of The City 02:44	buy track
13.	Chloë 02:58	buy track
14.	The Question 03:58	buy track

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Hugh's second solo album on Jigsaw (and fourth Jigsaw release, once you factor in the pair of cds from his band, Slum Summer), and it's another winning batch of clever pop songs in a similar style to his last few releases! Musically, the songs are more fleshed out musically-speaking than the ones on his previous solo lp, "The Beach Boy" - in fact, you probably wouldn't've known that he recorded 99% of this on his own (that is, everything but Taryn Popplewell's snazzy guitar solo in the outro of "The Cascades"!) - but then again, the sound here isn't quite as cleanly-produced as the Slum Summer records, so it's great to have both options. As usual, Hugh's biggest fixation (in terms of framing his stories) is location, and these songs oftentimes place just as much an emphasis on the "where" (and usually, with that context, the "when"), as they do the "who" and "what" - and his songwriting style is so evocative (not unlike Darren Hayman or the Lucksmiths), that all of those details matter. All told, another strong batch of low-key & meaningful songs from this distinctive songwriter!

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released December 8, 2023

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