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Early In The Morning [CD]

James Vincent McMorrow Audio CD
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“A debut album full of songs with the atmosphere of ghost stories, so acute is the sense of private sorrows being revisited...vocals, lyrics and arrangements whose restraint and subtletly are totally at odds with the profound impact and resonance of his songs’. Sunday Times Culture, Breaking Act

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  • Audio CD (7 Mar 2011)
  • Number of Discs: 1
  • Format: CD
  • Label: Believe Digital
  • ASIN: B004LSJCJW
  • Other Editions: Audio CD  |  MP3 Download
  • Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (23 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 36,125 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

1. If I Had A Boat
2. Hear The Noise That Moves So Soft And Low
3. Sparrow & The Wolf
4. Breaking Hearts
5. We Don't Eat
6. This Old Dark Machine
7. Follow You Down To The Red Oak Tree
8. Down The Burning Ropes
9. From The Woods!
10. And If My Heart Should Somehow Stop
11. In The Morning, I'll Come Calling
12. We Are Ghosts

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9 of 9 people found the following review helpful
By Red on Black TOP 50 REVIEWER VINE™ VOICE
Format:Audio CD
Listening to the Irish band Villagers supporting the wonderful Elbow the other evening I was reminded of the fine talent that continues to stream out of Ireland and in particular the ability of artists from the Emerald Isle to produce debut albums of such assuredness and maturity that they really must make others green with envy. If you have yet to hear "The year of the Jackal" you should beat a path on to Amazon post haste where you will also find "Early in the morning" from the new Dublin troubadour James Vincent McMorrow awaiting to press your aural delight buttons. A slight pause however at this point since before going into detail there is a need to address the Bon Iver issue. This is a recent phenomenon which sees mostly male artists employing a propensity to beat a retreat into some desolate rural hinterland in a hastily constructed log cabin and pour out deep melancholy in their wretchedness. McMorrow has partially done this by recording this album near the sea in a cottage somewhere off the Irish coast, that said the smell of the seaweed and the stiff Irish breeze has combined to produce songs of very sombre delight but also an underpinning soulfulness on a number of tracks which keeps the wrist slitting elements down to bare minimum. In addition to prove that he has a real sense of humour McMorrow has recently produced a truly unique cover of that highly irritating pop imp Willow Smith's ode to luxurious locks, "Whip My Hair" which can be found all over the music blogs and is undeniably great.

"Early in the morning" has been released in the UK for well over a year but on the basis of "if at first you dont succeed" McMorrows label is giving it another shot which is commendable since this music deserves to be noticed. The album mixes a range of West Coast influenced songs like the beautiful "This old dark machine" which skips along at a fine pace and shows that McMorrow has chart ambitions. Opener "If I had a boat" does owe some debt to Justin Vernon at least in the first 30 seconds but McMorrow produces a shimmering vocal and a spare background and turns it into a special song with echoes of that old curmudgeon Van Morrison. A particular highlight is the intense "Down the burning ropes" with its almost Jeff Buckley intonations while the excellent "Sparrow and the wolf" edges into that territory currently occupied by Johnny Flynn. Possibly the best song on this album is the slowly building "From the woods" which builds to a stirring climax and shows that McMorrow is very much his own man in key compositions. A couple of tracks on here such as the title track are perhaps a bit to close to the Bon Iver ghostly register aesthetic for comfort but lets cut James Vincent McMorrow some slack since in the majority of songs on this album his muse leads him to produce some genuinely tender songs with vivid acoustic textures which makes for a fine debut.
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20 of 22 people found the following review helpful
4.0 out of 5 stars A very special discovery 11 Mar 2011
Format:Audio CD
Sometimes a voice comes along that is the aural equivalent of walking into a crumbling old church. Within the first ten seconds of James Vincent Mcmorrow's debut album you will feel as if you have discovered a ruined cathedral in a city's back streets. His ragged falsetto is hard to describe without resort to cliche: the throbbing melancholy, the aching hope of love, it's all there.

Those first ten seconds will immediately make you think of Bon Iver, and whether this is conscious imitation or not, reading the bumpf inside the CD will inform you that this album was also created in a lonely place (although perhaps not quite so lonely!). Opener If I Had a Boat ('Once I had a dream/it died long before') sounds pretty desperate, but then it's followed by, 'Now I'm pointed north/hoping for the shore.' So maybe a little faith in the future then.

However, as the album progresses and the Bon Iver voice gives way to some Jeff Buckley inflections, one thought undermines all the beauty: take that voice away and some of these songs are ever-so-slightly - I struggle to say it - pedestrian. The same old chords can be made to sound new again, but sometimes they can sound very, very old without imaginative arrangement. With a normal voice, some of these songs might sound a little repetitive.

But then From the Woods arrives, a song that really does sound like it was written by a man on the run - but from what? It's brilliant and terrifying, and reminds me of the first time I heard Violent Femmes' Country Death Song: it's an Irish backwoods horror movie sung by an angel.

So not quite five stars then. This album does not stand up to the debuts of the performers mentioned above, but the good news is that the raw talent is definitely there. There is more to come, I'm sure of it. James, if you're reading this: well done, brilliant, next time have more fun with that amazing voice of yours, and maybe consider a producer that will push you into places you've never been before. But know that you're on repeat, and you can't ask for more than that.
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3.0 out of 5 stars James Vincent Mc Morrow 25 April 2012
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The c.d came quickly in the post, I'd firstly checked out the tracks on you tube and enjoyed a brief listen to each one,the videos were also very interesting and artistic.
The album is very well produced and the melodies are beautiful. The songs lyrically poetic and their compossitions often unusual, the harmonies and double tracking stood out as something unpredictable yet lovely. Mc Morrow's voice is gentle and haunting, but has a underlying strength breaking through in 'The Sparrow and the Wolf'. I found his falsetto becoming a little wearing the further into the album I went. I find that I only really get properly excited about 3 tracks on the album. The rest are beautiful and 'nice' to listen to, but as a whole it didn't stand out to me as much as the first track I ever heard, on the radio did, grabbing my attention resulting in me searching out his name months afterwards. 'The sparrow and the wolf' is the stand out track to me, ear grabbingly fabulous and has the flavour of 'Mumford and Sons' energy and passionate lyrics about it. I'm really glad I bought the album, but unfortunately over all it didn't seduce me as I initally hoped it would.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Love it!
Beautiful and at time haunting voice and beautiful songs, this albumn has already become one of my fave buy's of this year.
Published 2 months ago by Mrs. J. Holliday
3.0 out of 5 stars Quite nice and soothing
This review comes from an internet game. You buy an album you've never heard of from a shop. Then you write your impression of it before and after listening to it for the first... Read more
Published 3 months ago by BS on parade
5.0 out of 5 stars Thoroughlly recommended
Love this album. Wearing the CD out. Hauting voice and melodies. Thanks to my personal music advisor. will be big
Published 3 months ago by chris potter
5.0 out of 5 stars Great musician
The CD arrived in perfect conditions.

The songs are very good. Everything I expected it was. Great, great, great CD.
Published 4 months ago by Andre Amaral
5.0 out of 5 stars "Work of Genius"
"You will not regret buying this album, mindblowing is too modest for this work of genius" I highly recommend it
Published 5 months ago by Butler_21
5.0 out of 5 stars Early in the Morning
A must buy for anyone who loves Bon Iver or Elbow, briliiant songs, wonderful voice and great production. Top album.
Published 6 months ago by Bazza
5.0 out of 5 stars Early in the morning
I bought this CD in April and since then it has been in the player in the car ever since. the songs are excellent and his vocals are truly something different.

LOVE IT
Published 12 months ago by rabidric
5.0 out of 5 stars Very Good Recordings
Knowing the way Mcmorrow recorded this album just adds to the fact that it is an excellent piece of work & I listen to it most days.
Published 13 months ago by CJM
4.0 out of 5 stars Atmospheric, Folk Influenced, Acoustic Genius
The album kicks of well, tracks 1 to 4 are good (but not great) and introduce you to his unique singing style. Read more
Published 15 months ago by Alan Smewing
5.0 out of 5 stars Ultimate Easy Listening
I hadn't heard much of James Vincent McMorrow, other than 'Higher love', but liked what I heard in the sample online, and bought the album largely on the back of that. Read more
Published 15 months ago by S. Brown
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