Search - Peter Bruntnell :: Peter and the Murder of Crows

"His best album since 1999's Normal For Bridgwater--which is saying something as he hasn't made a bad record yet." -- MOJO, Americana Album of the Month HHHH "In a more accommodating world, Peter Bruntnell would be a big deal. By the third play of his ace seventh album, you're left marveling at the subtle shifts in dynamics: terrific arrangements, meticulous strings, and killer desert guitar." -- Uncut HHHH "Treading ground more akin to Elliott Smith than before, Bruntnell's latest release is as trustworthy as any other he's put his name to." -- Plan B * Chosen as Q Magazine's Roots Album of the Year, MOJO's Americana Album of the Month, and heavily featured in end of year "best of" lists from Uncut and MOJO.
* Touring the US through November with Son Volt; just finished touring with Richmond Fontaine in Europe.
* Recorded in his home studio in Devon and co-written by long-term long-distance writing partner Bill Ritchie, this album finds the artist in a reflective yet settled frame of mind and has all the qualities of a classic Bruntnell album--acoustic folk-based pop with just a hint of psychedelia, all delivered in a very British fashion.
* Rolling Stone called Peter Bruntnell "one of England's best kept musical secrets," and these words seem to sum up the Devon-based artist's career so far. A handful of albums for Almo and Ryko in the '90s coincided with the emergence of Britpop, and despite the best efforts of a very supportive music press, the records' mellifluous and introspective nature didn't fully satisfy a "mad for it" general public.
* But, for those who did take the time to check out this softly-spoken songwriter, the rewards have been plentiful. His subsequent albums (Ends of the Earth, Played Out and 2005's Ghost In A Spitfire) featured startling tales of small town romance and big city isolation that ticked all the right sonic boxes for a fiercely loyal fan base that has ensured Bruntnell's healthy career in this most fickle of industries.