ALBUMs

Israel Nash Gripka had an album out in 2009 called ‘New York Town’ that really launched him in musician / song writing terms alongside Ryan Adams but in Israel’s case without Ryan’s commercial success.

Now a new album has arrived four years later on Loose Records. For reference points on Rain Plans’ read Neil Young, Bon Iver and Midlake, then you have albums to book end ‘Rain Plans’ and have a really great listening session.

A native of Missouri now resident in Austin, Texas, there is grandeur to the landscape of this record that must reflect the wide-open spaces of that particular State.

There are fragile moments; ‘Through The Door’, ‘Just Like Water’ there is also an overlaying of beautiful slide guitar throughout. There are mandolins and there are sonic guitar moments, shearing guitar even, ‘Just Like Water’, ‘Who in Time’, 'Mansions' ; there are dark desperate lyrics and life affirming narratives.

A album that Crazy Horse or you feel someone like Jonathon Wilson could have been connected with but, Israel produced the album himself with Joey  McClennan (guitar), Aaron McClennan (bass), Josh Fleischmann (drums) and Eric Swanson (pedal steel) and engineer Ted Young all were involved in creating what should be a gateway to a wider audience for Israel’s fine music. 

Pete

10/11

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