Something I Saw or Thought I Saw

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New England's foremost narrative troubadour returns with his first collection of new material in five years (in between he's released a 1996 novel, Edson, and the 1999 tribute album Songs of Mississippi John Hurt). Much of this song cycle recalls Bob Dylan's Blood on the Tracks, as Morrissey applies his craggy voice and economy of detail to bittersweet themes of romantic dissolution. From the album-opening "Twenty Third Street" through "Just Before We Lost the War" and "Moving Day," he avoids regret and recrimination for a more resigned mix of fatalism and wonder, while tracing the arc of love from its aftermath. The chamber-like arrangements complement the understatement of the writing, with Morrissey's guitar framed by piano, violin, and an occasional solo horn. "Harry's Last Call" compresses a short story's richness into four minutes of song, while "Will You Be My Rose?" ends the album on a note of renewal. --Don McLeese

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Critically lauded and Grammy-nominated New England folk artist Bill Morrissey's first album of new original songs in five years, Something I Saw or Thought I Saw reveals an artist reborn. Not reborn amongst the celebratory hubbub of fireworks or confetti, but awakened through determination and solitary triumph. Leaving the obvious to amateurs, Morrissey has constructed a collection of vignettes, stunning in their intimacy and attention to detail. When his fertile literary imagination meets his soulful voice and sparse, subtle instrumentation, Bill Morrissey effortlessly achieves what so few songwriters can: to take the profound and make it profoundly musical., ISBN13: B00005B1AX ISBN10: B00005B1AX Material Type: audioCD