Sean Nicholas Savage – Shine
Hosted a great release party for this one at the shop a few months ago… Canadian singer-songwriter Sean Nicholas Savage leans into his “Tatsuro Yamashita and Elliott Smith fandom” on his latest album Shine for Arbutus Records. Recorded and produced with longtime friend Mac Demarco in Los Angeles, the album is rawer than Savage’s previous works with a stripped-down approach often featuring little more than voice, some light keyboard, guitar, and fretless bass. “With [2020’s] Life is Crazy, I was delving into the overwhelming emotional experience of life and with Shine, I just wanted to dive in and be more healing.”
Recommended – Full Listen
A1 Feel Like A Child
A2 Streets Of Rage
A3 Shine
A4 Ain’t What It Used To Be
A5 Comet
B1 Your Secret World
B2 Poetry’s My Only Chance
B3 Between The Eyes
B4 Harmony