Artist: Iain Archer
Source: David Lynch
So what kind of album is To The Pine Roots? At first listen the image of a talented teenage strummer springs to mind. Surely this is some young amateur musician on a budget Takamine, using borrowed mics and a ripped version of Garageband to lay down a few tracks for his mates. Maybe they encouraged him to send it to an indie label who distributed it and sorted out the (very) nice packaging and website. The minimalist sound and prominence of the acoustic guitar in the mix definitely points towards this. Add in vocals that are somewhere between early Tim Wheeler and Elliot Smith and it’s obvious…
Wait a second? Slots in two of the largest venues in Ireland - Dublin 's O2 Belfast's Odyssey; an Ivor Novello award and a song on Greys Anatomy! It appears that Iain Archer is in fact a total pro and has been releasing albums for around fifteen years now. He is a former member of both Snow Patrol and Reindeer Section (hence the big venue slots as support to Snow Patrol). After listening to his latest album To The Pine Roots I can’t help but feel that he should have known better.
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