Track Listings (12) - Disc #1| All Artists: Peter Bruntnell Title: Ends of the Earth (Dig) Members Wishing: 3 Total Copies: 0 Label: Back Porch Release Date: 8/27/2002 Genres: Country, Alternative Rock, Folk, Pop, Rock Styles: Americana, Singer-Songwriters Number of Discs: 1 SwapaCD Credits: 1 UPCs: 724381278925, 0724381278956, 5029432003927, 724381278956 |
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Peter Bruntnell plays a warm, woozy, world-weary brand of country-rock. There's nothing original but plenty to like about Ends of the Earth, Bruntnell's sophomore disc, which continues in the same style he swiped from Son ... more » |
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Amazon.com Peter Bruntnell plays a warm, woozy, world-weary brand of country-rock. There's nothing original but plenty to like about Ends of the Earth, Bruntnell's sophomore disc, which continues in the same style he swiped from Son Volt's neo-classic album Trace. Bruntnell is hardly bashful about his influences--after all, Jay Farrar's former mates backed the Brit's debut album, Normal for Bridgwater. And why should Bruntnell be ashamed? His inheritance is only the latest intercontinental leap in the lineage of the sound. Son Volt, after all, stole it from the Sticky Fingers-era Stones, who copped it off the Flying Burrito Brothers. In any event, fans of those bands will revel in Bruntnell's pinched croon; the rich, nostalgic melodies of cuts like "Here Come the Swells" and "Rio Tinto"; the rusty scrawl of steel-guitar star Eric Heywood; and--especially in the fierce "Tabloid Reporter"--the fiery fretwork of young-gun guitarist James Walbourne. --Anders Smith Lindall Similarly Requested CDs
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CD ReviewsFollowing "Normal" Brian D. Rubendall | Oakton, VA | 12/13/2002 (4 out of 5 stars) "British roots rocker Peter Bruntnell has followed up his excellent "Normal for Bridgewater" with another solid album full of his signature quirky songwriting and solid vocals and guitar work. Bruntnell has the Americana rock sound down so well that it is hard to believe he grew up in Great Britain. Only when you move beyond the sound and listen to his odd lyrics do you realize he's not just an average guy from rural America.As for the songs themselves, there's nothing on "The Ends of the Earth" quite as memorable as "Bridgewater's" "By the Time My Head Gets to Phoenix," but overall the songwriting is more consistent. Songs like "Here Come the Swells" and "Downtown" are typical of the gentle rolling Son Volt-like rockers that dominate. "Murder in the Afternoon," is pleasant sounding but chilling in its implications, while "Tabloid Reporter" contains the memorable refrain, "I wish you a long and miserable life." Among the dozen tracks there is not a clunker in the mix.Overall, a solid sophomore album from one of "alt-country" music's more unusuual practishoners." Another Gem! Michael Dennison | Vancouver, BC Canada | 09/07/2002 (5 out of 5 stars) "Like Normal for Bridgewater, this is an album you can sit down with in the CD Player and listen to over and over again. Melodic and hauntingly beautiful. A true talent!" Spot On Patrick F Clifford | 12/07/2002 (5 out of 5 stars) "If you liked "Normal For Bridgewater" or any of Peter Bruntnell's previous work, this one'll knock you over. It is well written and executed as that record, but much more confident (re: the mad guitar solos on "Tabloid Reporter") and, if it's possible, relaxed. He really seems to have settled into his voice and it's really sounding increasingly distinctive.For those who haven't heard his previous work (and hopefully new fans will be finding out about him from somewhere), Peter Bruntnell's music is reminicient of cross between Son Volt and, maybe, Teenage Fanclub. The new record is a mixture of slow (almost American Music Club sounding (pedal steel) and upbeat songs, each distinctive in their own way, but still falling back to an English-Americana sound. "City Star" and "Black Aces" really do sound like a successful comination of Son Volt and Teenage Fanclub (Only Peter sounds like he's trying to sing in an American accent - and turning it into something original and distinctive.). It's too country for the powerpoppers and too powerpoppy for the O'Brother crowd. Perfect. Right?It's a beautiful record: compelling, utterly tuneful, and still reflective (even with the upbeat songs). I wish this would've come out in June so I could've listened to it all summer with the new Tommy Keene record.Recommeded for fans of Son Volt, Teenage Fanclub, early Wilco, rustic powerpop, peppy American Music Club, early Whiskytown/late RA. You get the picture."
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