I've Loved You All My Life by Steve Cobby And the album closes with “ Mise En Abyme,” a wistful duet of harmonica and piano that might signal the recognition of memory, that the things we miss the most live on inside our heads. There are many other sonic vacations on the agenda - “ Plutus Maximus” feels like a night-time stroll through a pleasantly unfamiliar town, and “ Keeping Ourselves Together” could soundtrack a tranquil cabana session, fruity drink in hand. Someone’s whistling away in the background, like an overzealous member of Martin Denny’s band. “ Kintsugi” comes closest, resembling a sort of Polynesian jazz fusion with tuned percussion, soaring flute-like lines, and thick four-fingered chords. And the music seems to travel, not explicitly quoting worldly influences but hinting at them as if remembering what it was like to be a tourist. The cover depicts a green, lush, but enclosed location - the starry sky is our escape hatch. If there is a stuck-at-home influence on his latest album, the warmly titled I’ve Loved You All My Life, it’s in the sense of longing for sightseeing. But Steve has always brimmed with musical output, a career-long series of textured and melodic songs with intricacies that belie their frequency. Steve Cobby – I’ve Loved You All My Life → Maybe there’s a lockdown stimulus to Steve Cobby‘s prolificness - he’s released two previous albums since the pandemic’s start, as well as a single and a murmur or two from his old outfit, Fila Brazillia.
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