In close collaboration with studio magician Vincent Helbers and the renowned drummer Richard Spaven, these arrangements rouse emotions with an acute expression of the enchantment, rapture and despair of love. As in real life, there is light and shadow. Gosling has matured as a composer and arranger and is not afraid to show her vulnerability. The track “Aber ich liebe dich” (But I love you) shows deep feeling, something we all experience, but only few can immediately express that way. Elsewhere she and her band refine standards like “Bianca” (Egberto Gismonti) and “Trem Azul” (Lô Borges), the latter with Richard Spaven’s inimitable drumming and Vincent Helbers on synths modulating Bob James. Finest and demanding guitar, harmony singing, hard rhythms, orchestral passages – this album has it all. Expect a fascinating mix of contrasts, a Portisheadesque bridge between the acoustic and the electronic spheres.
1 But I Love you 05:24
2 Cachoeira de Mim 04:39
3 Caçador 06:09
4 Bianca 05:24
5 Coming Back Home 03:49
6 Life on Mars 03:41
7 Ela 06:19
8 Smoke and Mirrors 05:30
9 The Monotony of Drama Part II 04:04
10 O Trem Azul 04:56
11 Bonus Track - the Monotony of Drama Part I 02:39
Vocals: Agnes Gosling
Music: Dave Austin, Danny Fisher, Richard Spaven, Agnes Gosling, Vincent Helbers
Words: Dave Austin, Danny Fisher, Agnes Gosling
Recorded and mixed at Flowriders Studio by Vincent Helbers
Mastered by Matt Colton for Alchemy Mastering
