2LP - Limited 25th Anniversary Edition 180g Red (LP1) & Gold (LP2) Vinyl. With unseen photos, plus updated sleeve notes from Perry.
Released for the first time on vinyl, Perry Blake's critically acclaimed, self titled debut album will be released with 3 stunning bonus tracks, Killing Time, Ulysses, The Sorrow of Spring... Perry Blake is a deep and complex album, full of dark melancholic masterpieces that is a swirl of deep, emotional & haunting vocals, which gained him an abundance of 5 star reviews across the UK & Europe...
With his first 2 singles from this album, ‘The Hunchback of San Francisco’ and ‘Genevieve’ were Jo Whiley singles of the week on BBC Radio 1 in the UK...
This special limited edition release comes on 2 x red & Gold vinyl, unseen photos, plus updated sleeve notes from Perry.
Perry Blake, Sligo-born singer/songwriter, is one of music’s great untapped resources. After his first 3 singles taken from his debut album, received Singles of the week on Jo Wiley BBC Radio 1, Blake moved to France, where he was met with critical acclaim with his next 4 albums, touring Europe with Carla Bruni and wrote 2 songs for Francoise Hardy’s platinum selling album ‘Tant de belles choses’ appearing on various TV shows in France as her special guest…
Blake's glimpses of people living a state of mind is one of those great escapes, it's very hard to get away from. His gift here is to take a subdued, grown-up collection of songs but make them sound like they deserve daytime radio. - MOJO*****
one of music's great untapped resources and still on top of his game
- Guy Garvey BBC6 MUSIC
”Blake sounds like a cross between Bowie and Michael Nyman – only better” - Uncut
Further solidifying his signature downtempo and melancholy brand of ambient and cinematic pop, - Radio Nova
Tracklist:
1. Little Boys & Little Girls
2. The Hunchback of San Francisco
3. 1971
4. Anouska (I Want to Come Home)
5. Broken Statue
6. Genevieve (The Pilot of Your Thighs)
7. So Long
8. Naked Man
9. Widows by the Radio
10. Weeping Tree
11. House in the Clouds
Bonus tracks - vinyl only
12. Killing Time
13. Ulysses
14. The Sorrow of Spring