A Life Full of Farewells

by Apartments

Overview

The first thing you notice on this disc is a muted trumpet playing a sad, midtempo refrain that echoes through the rest of the album and sets a mood that remains constant. All of the songs feature a shimmery, acoustic guitar-based sound and vague but attractive melodies; "End of Some Fear" comes close to rocking but never quite gets there, and everything else is slow, limpid, and regretful. Peter Walsh's voice is nice but unremarkable, and the lyrics seem to exist mostly to serve the songs' mood, not vice versa -- frankly, you're not going to put this disc on to listen to the songs at all; you're going to put it on because you're in a particular mood. That said, there are some lyrics that will take you by surprise: lines like "You'll become my big excuse/The poison that I drink as I sink my teeth in you" are rather startling, particularly when sung in front of a sobbing steel guitar backdrop. There's nothing the matter with mood albums, anyway, and this really is a fine one. ~ Rick Anderson

Product Details

Release Date:	05/07/2021
Label:	Talitres
UPC:	3770011636365
Rank:	78012

Tracks

1. Things You'll Keep
2. The Failure of Love Is a Brick Wall
3. You Became My Big Excuse
4. End of Some Fear
5. Not Every Clown Can Be in the Circus
6. Thank You for Making Me Beg
7. Paint the Days White
8. She Sings to Forget You
9. All the Time in the World

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Apartments   Primary Artist
Mark Dawson   Drums,Percussion
Chris Abrahams   Piano
Carl Bucephelus   Guitar
Eliot Fish   Bass,Vocals
Tommy Grasso   Pedal Steel
Peter "Pops" Walsh   Guitar,Vocals

Technical Credits

Paul McKercher   Mixing,Producer
Don Bartley   Mastering
Peter "Pops" Walsh   Composer
Jamie Carter   Assistant Engineer
Dave Trump   Assistant Engineer
Jeff Crawley   String Arrangements
Peter Milton Walsh   Composer