James Mcmorrow - Post Tropical

James Mcmorrow - Post TropicalRELEASE DATE: 1 14 2014 Built up slowly and spontaneously from hundreds of non linear sound files and lyric pages, the result is 10 stunning, meticulously crafted original songs. Its broadened horizons may come as a surprise to everyone but McMorrow himself, who has harbored a lifelong love of hip hop and atmospheric R&B. "I wanted to give this record the feel and movement of the R&B records that I love." he says. It's a step forward that is

• RELEASE DATE: 1/14/2014

Built up slowly and spontaneously from hundreds of non-linear sound files and lyric pages, the result is 10 stunning, meticulously crafted original songs. Its broadened horizons may come as a surprise to everyone but McMorrow himself, who has harbored a lifelong love of hip-hop and atmospheric R&B. "I wanted to give this record the feel and movement of the R&B records that I love." he says.

It's a step forward that is immediately apparent on album opener and first single "Cavalier" a brooding twist on the Slow-Jam, which builds quietly from hushed keys and hand-claps to soaring brass, beats and McMorrow s idiosyncratic falsetto. Across the album, the sounds and melodies evolved from a painstaking process of building texture: there are 808s on the haunting "Red Dust," looped piano on Looking Out , and 50 mandolins made to sound like a waterfall on "The Lakes."

Post Tropical is the follow-up to McMorrow's acclaimed 2011 debut album, Early in the Morning and earned McMorrow a #1 debut, a Jools Holland performance, and platinum certification in Ireland. "I'm so proud of that album, but I never longed to be a guy with a guitar,"; says McMorrow, "The texture of this record is completely different."

Tracks:

A1        Cavalier    
A2        The Lakes    
A3        Red Dust    
A4        Gold    
A5        All Points    
B1        Look Out    
B2        Repeating    
B3        Post Tropical    
B4        Glacier    
B5        Outside, Digging