Gravenhurst - Flashlight Seasons

This LP is by far my favorite work from Talbot & Gravenhurst. It seems to magically teeter between a wintry grimness and autumnal nostalgia, and Talbot's voice is there the entire way to guide the album. The opening track begins a reverb-soaked foray into the cold forest and by track two, "Fog Round the Figurehead", we're back into our cozy cabin retelling old stories, eyes welling up at the remembrance of and old friend or just the feeling of fondness for the way things once were. Track three is back on the trail, into the cold. ...And on it goes! This is a record of piercing nostalgia--put it on your turntable, sit down in a warm chair, and listen. Don't get too comfortable, though, because you'll need to get up a half-dozen times to flip the record.