ARTIST: Michael Hill
TITLE: The Vanishing Season
LABEL: MPH Records
GENRE: Rock
TIME: 42:03 min
SIZE: 61,9 MB
RIP DATE: Dec-29-2005
RELEASE DATE: Dec-13-2005
WEBSITE: n/a
Track List:
01. One More Song 02:52
02. The Evening Land 03:23
03. Fair Weather Friend 04:00
04. Word Gets Around 04:30
05. Until You Gave The World To Me 04:17
06. Go Down Swinging 03:40
07. The Vanishing Season 03:58
08. Batten Down The Hatches 03:35
09. Best Foot Forward 04:02
10. My Destination 07:46
Release Notes:
This is Michael Hill`s third solo release in the
years beyond his membership with Slobberbone and
12lb Test. It`s a no frills collection of
singer/songwriter alt. country that straddles the
fence between roots and pop. Supporting his now
distinct Texas-tinged vocal tone, the Seattle-based
performer has some folks familiar to his previous
records here - Nancy K. Dillon (vocal), Dylan Rieck
(cello) - while he handles the bulk of the remaining
instrumentation. The thing that sets this one apart
from those that came before is his usage of drums,
courtesy of Jim King, and the inclination to rock
out. While he can still pull off a heartfelt
acoustic number - and proves it on the title track -
he now shows an eagerness to return to the
straight-forward electric roots rockers he cut his
teeth on. Jumpstarting the set is the punchy and
quirky "One More Song", and the quick paced
twang-rocker "The Evening Land". Tying up the album
is the closing duet with Dillon, the folksy and
gospel-touched "My Destination", and "The Evening
Land" acoustic reprise. In between Hill stretches
out and puts his best song forward.