Sunday 30 June 2024

 So, what’s in a name? This album could have been released under the All About Eve but in typical willfulness Regan & Bricheno have chosen not to trade on past glories.

Apparitions though is a truly Eve album regardless of the name – beautifully melancholic, wistfully nostalgic and a warm haze of both something recognisable but also something excitingly unfamiliar.

Julianne’s blissful vocals have never sounded better and it’s great to hear Tim’s chiming guitar one more.

Radium is currently my favourite track – an exercise in yearning which may be referencing the Great Gatsby (the green light, driving and dancing) though as with most of Julianne’s lyrics there is an ambiguity which means I may be totally wrong!

The tempo picks up Roses Round the Door which jangles along as the most distant cousin of those early eighties singles.

America deals with the disappointment and regret of never having the chance to crack the States as a band all those years ago.

The most interesting lyric appears in Dear Lonely Heart – The chorus line of “Someday a girl will come who doesn’t love guitars” sounds like a direct reference to Farewell Mr Sorrow which was (allegedly) written about Tim.

I know there is very little chance of these songs ever being played live but you also hope this is not the last we get from this wonderful songwriting duo

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