2017 Grammy Winning Album On 180g Vinyl LP!
A Sailor's Guide To Earth is Simpson's third full-length album and follows his break-through, Grammy-nominated 2014 release, Metamodern Sounds In Country Music. Beloved by critics and fans, the record was featured on year-end "best of" lists at The New York Times, Rolling Stone, the Village Voices' Pazz and Jop, Rolling Stone Country, NPR Music, American Songwriter, Stereogum, the Los Angeles Times, KCRW, Pitchfork, The Washington Post and many others.
While still unmistakably country, writes Pam Torno of The Absolute Sound of the music featured on A Sailor's Guide To Earth, it's "a little more cosmic, with hints of chamber pop, Southern rock, and a healthy helping of Stax-style soul."
Produced by Simpson, A Sailor's Guide To Earth was written-beginning to end-as a letter to his first child who arrived during the summer of 2014 and features eight original songs as well as a rendition of Nirvana's "In Bloom."
Recorded primarily at Nashville's The Butcher Shoppe, Simpson was joined in the studio by Grammy Award-winning engineer David Ferguson (Johnny Cash, John Prine, "Cowboy" Jack Clement) and assistant engineer Sean Sullivan. Along with members of his touring band, the album features Dave Roe on bass, Dan Dugmore on steel guitar, Dougie Wilkinson on bagpipes, Garo Yellin and Arthur Cook on cello, Jonathan Dinklage and Whitney LaGrange on violin and special guests The Dap-Kings.
"He weaves steel guitar, Moog synth, and strings into a melacholy country ballad for his wife in 'Oh Sarah.' As a bonus, Simpson's rendition of Nirvana's 'In Bloom,' while definitely a standout, doesn't overshadow his own compositions. The whole album feels intensely personal without being maudlin. His best so far." - Pam Torno, The Absolute Sound, Music 4.5/5, Sonics 4.5/5
Features:
• 180g Vinyl LP
• Gatefold Jacket
Selections:
Side A:
1. Welcome To Earth (Pollywog)
2. Breakers Roar
3. Keep It Between The Lines
4. Sea Stories
5. In Bloom
Side B:
6. Brace For Impact (Live A Little)
7. All Around You
8. Oh Sarah
9. Call To Arms
2017 Grammy Award Winner:
• Best Country Album: A Sailor's Guide To Earth
While still unmistakably country, writes Pam Torno of The Absolute Sound of the music featured on A Sailor's Guide To Earth, it's "a little more cosmic, with hints of chamber pop, Southern rock, and a healthy helping of Stax-style soul."
Produced by Simpson, A Sailor's Guide To Earth was written-beginning to end-as a letter to his first child who arrived during the summer of 2014 and features eight original songs as well as a rendition of Nirvana's "In Bloom."
Recorded primarily at Nashville's The Butcher Shoppe, Simpson was joined in the studio by Grammy Award-winning engineer David Ferguson (Johnny Cash, John Prine, "Cowboy" Jack Clement) and assistant engineer Sean Sullivan. Along with members of his touring band, the album features Dave Roe on bass, Dan Dugmore on steel guitar, Dougie Wilkinson on bagpipes, Garo Yellin and Arthur Cook on cello, Jonathan Dinklage and Whitney LaGrange on violin and special guests The Dap-Kings.
"He weaves steel guitar, Moog synth, and strings into a melacholy country ballad for his wife in 'Oh Sarah.' As a bonus, Simpson's rendition of Nirvana's 'In Bloom,' while definitely a standout, doesn't overshadow his own compositions. The whole album feels intensely personal without being maudlin. His best so far." - Pam Torno, The Absolute Sound, Music 4.5/5, Sonics 4.5/5
Features:
• 180g Vinyl LP
• Gatefold Jacket
Selections:
Side A:
1. Welcome To Earth (Pollywog)
2. Breakers Roar
3. Keep It Between The Lines
4. Sea Stories
5. In Bloom
Side B:
6. Brace For Impact (Live A Little)
7. All Around You
8. Oh Sarah
9. Call To Arms
