KING CREOSOTE & JOHN HOPKINS - DIAMOND MINE
A collaborative effort between ambient producer, Brian Eno disciple and musician John Hopkins and Scottish singer-songwriter Kenny Anderson (aka King Creosote), Diamond Mine glistens with gentle beauty and tales of Fife, Scotland told in enigmatic style.
As Anderson sketches out wonderful stories and sparse, melodically rich tunes, Hopkins fills in the colour with gentle piano, synth washes and background noises equalling in something elementally moving. Opening with a conversation of a Scottish family and a gentle rising, but melancholic piano, "First Watch" seems to be yearning for a lost memory. The folky "John Taylor`s Month Away" follows which blends a calm sea shanty and Air-like synths and vocal ahhs follows. One of the standout tracks, "Bats in the Attic" comes next and is a heartbreaking yet hopeful tune that is as simple as it is beautiful.
Diamond Mine echoes in loss, remembrance, the fragility of memory and time and hope. It may be a short album (only 7 tracks) but these are seven gems (and try to track down the "Honest Words" EP).
DOWNLOAD - BATS IN THE ATTIC, BUBBLE, HONEST WORDS
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