Addy Archives - Various Small Flames https://varioussmallflames.co.uk/tag/addy/ New and independent music Wed, 13 Jan 2021 10:09:01 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://i0.wp.com/varioussmallflames.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/cropped-finalwhite-e1490809629909-1.jpg?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 Addy Archives - Various Small Flames https://varioussmallflames.co.uk/tag/addy/ 32 32 88787050 Music We Missed in 2020 https://varioussmallflames.co.uk/2021/01/11/music-we-missed-in-2020/ Mon, 11 Jan 2021 19:40:36 +0000 https://varioussmallflames.co.uk/?p=24066 One of the hardest things about running this site is all the great music we are unable to cover. Our inbox is in a perpetual state of bursting at the seams, and we like to spend time with every release we write about. There are simply not enough hours in the day to cover everything we’d like to, and often some of our very favourite releases slip by without a word. That makes us feel bad (and is probably the […]

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]]> One of the hardest things about running this site is all the great music we are unable to cover. Our inbox is in a perpetual state of bursting at the seams, and we like to spend time with every release we write about. There are simply not enough hours in the day to cover everything we’d like to, and often some of our very favourite releases slip by without a word. That makes us feel bad (and is probably the reason we didn’t reply to your email), so we decided to make a slightly different list in lieu of the usual Year End fare.

Here is a list of songs from 2020 that we liked but didn’t get around to writing about.

If you find something you like, follow the link in the embed to support the artists and labels on Bandcamp. And of course, there is a whole year’s worth of pieces on releases we did manage to write about, so have an explore through our reviews, previews and interviews from 2020.

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]]> 24066 Addy – Rose Eyes https://varioussmallflames.co.uk/2018/12/16/addy-rose-eyes/ Sun, 16 Dec 2018 18:23:41 +0000 https://varioussmallflames.co.uk/?p=17244 Addy is the recording project of Adam Watkins from Richmond, Virginia. Along with a selection of friends, Watkins recorded an album in his bedroom across the span of a week, which resulted in Rose Eyes, released back in November on Citrus City Records. The process might have been low-key, though represented an act of catharsis and healing for Watkins, and digging into the record, it becomes clear why. The release opens with ‘supermarket’, a track that manages to sound triumphant […]

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]]> Addy is the recording project of Adam Watkins from Richmond, Virginia. Along with a selection of friends, Watkins recorded an album in his bedroom across the span of a week, which resulted in Rose Eyes, released back in November on Citrus City Records. The process might have been low-key, though represented an act of catharsis and healing for Watkins, and digging into the record, it becomes clear why.

The release opens with ‘supermarket’, a track that manages to sound triumphant despite its restrained nature, pinpointing the tiny joys with small moments that can shine against personal strife. ‘china bus’ has a more dreamy feel, wider and more expansive yet coloured by a morose edge, while ‘glow v.2’ is a delicate ode to delicate feelings, something precious presented with sensitive care in a way not unlike that of Valley Maker.

‘bug’ is a collision of bright sparks and melancholic stretches, the result a wistful song that finds comfort within itself own pain. Which is not to say that there’s anything self-indulgent or self-pitying here, the songs not romanticizing sadness but reminding us that beauty is possible in spite of it. The idea forms the central pillar of the Addy sound, and closer ‘magnolia’ is a fitting conclusion. Pushing as far as the record does in a purely folk direction, the song presents sorrow and joy side by side, the pensive lyrics lifted by glimmering instrumentation that warms the whole thing through—offering a vision of rebirth that can heal the deepest wounds.

Rose Eyes is out now and you can buy it now from the Addy Bandcamp page., where half of the profits from the digital sales will be donated to Planned Parenthood.

Cover artwork by Keven Zweerink, photo by Farrah Fox

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