Beautiful Blue [CD] (ONLINE ORDER ONLY)

Working with Paul Weller as producer and co-writer on his 5th studio album, Liverpool troubadour Steve Pilgrim releases the achingly melancholic Beautiful Blue on Ltd Vinyl and CD. The album features Paul Weller, Steve Craddock and Rachael Jean Harris with string arrangements from Hannah Peel. These sketches of songs, melodies and chord progressions became the beginning of a co-writing direction for Pilgrim/Weller and took the material to a new place, tugging and pushing the softly-spoken Scouser in new ways that only Weller could provoke. Tunes such as Test of Faith, Dont Let The Mirror Break You, One With All, Universe and Where Our Love Goes have echoes of Pilgrims previous work, but add a warmth and classicism found in his co-writers celebrated True Meanings record. By the time the pandemic arrived in 2020 the songs were ready and Paul suggested we start recording the album at his studio in Woking. With the assistance of house engineer and sonic wizard Charles Rees, within three days we had the bulk of the record done. We had Beautiful Blue and everything was going to be ok. With the aural assistance of string arrangements from the renowned Hannah Peel, Beautiful Blue is the work of an artist who finds strength in still life and shouts loudest when whispering. The songs on this album are streamlined, lacking fat and offer intricate acoustic guitar playing weaving in and out of memorable melodies 1 New Sky 2 Lifeboat 3 Beautiful Blue 4 Test Of Faith 5 Bread And Honey 6 Whistle In The Wind 7 Dont Let The Mirror Break You 8 One With All 9 Universe 10 Olive 11 Where Our Love Goes 12 Everyday

• Format Detail: CD
• Format: CD
• Genre: Rock