Praise for CCCLX0001 - Back Into the Woods by Ed Harcourt
“His best release to date” The Sunday Times
“Elegant 6th album from underrated national treasure” - UNCUT
“…one of the most beautiful, heart-breakingly tender albums of the last year, if not decade, if not ever.” - Clash
“…reflecting wistfully on William Blake and Mozart’s commercial failure…. moments of deft, delicate brilliance here to remind us of what a gifted songwriter he is…. Recorded in one night at Abbey Road…. like being in the front row of an exceptionally cosy concert…. Harcourt’s lovely oaken voice rustles and creaks as if he’s singing directly into the listener’s ear, while the piano chords seem to tremble through your skin…. breathtaking…. a subtle and seductive delight.” - BBC
“…Harcourt alone at the piano, delivering lushly romantic odes to “underdogs” and “the dreamers who pay no heed to good advice”. Lyrics casting him as a repentant roué saved by family life call for a grizzled Tom Waits groan; yet the singer’s gentler tones lend the songs a rousing, optimistic air.” - FT Weekend
“It’s short, stark and rather lovely, evoking names like Jeff Buckley and All Days Are Nights-era Rufus Wainwright. If austerity as an economic concept has become discredited in recent years, it’s a sound that suits Harcourt down to the ground.” - Music OMH
“…In the same way that resistance fighters would hide from Nazis in the woods during WWII – the Germans too petrified of those dark places to seek them out – Ed Harcourt too seems to be dealing with a few demons of his own on Back Into The Woods, but this collection of world-weary songs also beats with a poetic heart of longing. It’s a shame that this underdog of British music is unlikely to receive the recognition he deserves any time soon, but his latest album at least gives him a nice breathing space to keep the songs flowing until the next cusp and wane.” - The Line of Best Fit
Back Into the Woods is out now. Ed tours England’s finest churches and concert halls in May-June.
http://edharcourt.com
