SEAN McMAHON - You Will Know When You're There LP

Highly recommended.

From openers ‘One Foot Out The Door’s stark confession and ‘Angel At Your Back’s reflections of ‘Waiting For My Man’, to the delicate intimacy of ‘Outsider Blues’ and ‘Just For An hour’, McMahon brings a quiet authority to his songs allowing the economy of his lines to be savoured for their wry or poignant observations. Importantly that poignancy is part of the timbre of McMahon’s voice, a gentle ache that coaxes delicate melodies that earworm in a way that is wholly believable and moving. Features Blind Date label mate, Freya Josephine Hollick.

Musical reference points: Bob Dylan's Blood On The Tracks and Neil Young's On The Beach.