John Prine - The Tree of Forgiveness [Coloured Vinyl] (LP)

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Highly-anticipated new album The Tree of Forgiveness is John Prine'€™s first collection of new material since 2005'€™s Grammy-winning Fair and Square. Rather than going out on a limb, Prine cultivated the themes that have brought international acclaim since the 1970s. For example, he can take a topic like loneliness and make it funny (Knockin'€™ on Your Screen Door) or heartbreaking (Summers End). Perfectly aligned with his quirkiest songs, The Lonesome Friends of Science makes its point through the characters he calls "€œthose bastards in the white lab coats who experiment with mountain goats,"€ as well as the discredited planet Pluto and the towering Vulcan statue in Birmingham, Alabama.

Prine teamed with Grammy-winning producer Dave Cobb to record in Nashville'€™s historic Studio A, enlisting friends like Brandi Carlisle, Jason Isbell, and Amanda Shires to sing along. The songs are new, although some had waited to be finished for decades, like a co-write with Phil Spector called God Only Knows. Another incomplete song, I Have Met My Love Today, now celebrates the unexpected spark that leads to lifelong romance - with a dash of youthful innocence. The musical arrangements may be simpler than on past efforts, yet his unique ability to distil complex emotions into everyday language remains fully intact.

This limited edition LP format is pressed on coloured vinyl, and is only available through independent shops such as ourselves.

- LP
- Coloured vinyl

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