29. JAMES YORKSTON - I WAS A CAT FROM A BOOKThis Scottish folk musician has been slowly coming to my attention over the last few years. I'd heard a couple of his songs before on compilations and stuff but never listened to a full length album. I'm aware of his soothing voice though; it's really affecting.
This album is really tender, nuanced and musically diverse. Opener "Catch" tells a story about tall tales "catching each other out". I don't know what the tall tales are that Yorkston is singing about always, even his words I can't always make out, but it's not about a visually arresting narrative here, instead the sum of the parts of this album make for something very pretty.
Not too twee. Beautiful instrumentation. Lovely vocals. All together, one of the folk albums of the year.
BEST PLAYED: When wanting something lovely.
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