Album review: AMELIA COBURN – Between The Moon And The Milkman

Bandcamp [Release date 08.03.24]

Amelia Coburn maybe releasing her debut album, however, she has been building up her musical reputation having reached the finals of the BBC2 Radio Folk Awards, participated in the English Folk Expo Artist Mentoring Scheme and won UKE Magazine’s Breakthrough Artist Award. Indeed, she was highlighted as one to watch from Simon Dunkerley’s review of 2017′s Cambridge Folk Festival on this site.

As Amelia Coburn says of the album - “I know it’s a cliché for an artist to say they’ve been on a journey… but I’ve truly been on several of them to reach the point of releasing my debut album. I spent almost two years working and living in Paris, St Petersburg & Mexico City – all while keeping my eyes and ears open to the sights, sounds & unusual characters inhabiting these lands that were once so unfamiliar to me. I’ve been able to fill my songs with these rich details, as well as drawing inspiration from literature, the golden age of film & musicals and the rugged North East landscape where I was forged.”

Aided on the album by producer Bill Ryder-Jones, Amelia Coburn hits the musical jackpot. From the sing-a-long ‘Oh Captain! Guide Me Home’, an uplifting treat on the senses, through to the album closer ‘I’d Love to Love You (The Nilsson Son)’, it really is an album to enjoy time and again.

‘Sleepy Town’ has a lively beat, indie pop folk if you are after a label. Just a damn good song if you’re not. Easy to see why ‘See Saw’ was released as a taster of the album. At times a nursery rhyme, at others heading off in a gothic direction.

‘When the Tide Rolls In’ is a lovely piece of folk, whilst ‘Please Go Gently’ recalls Joni Mitchell. Both songs highlight Amelia’s melodious vocals, that at times remind me of Nanci Griffith. Yes, she really is that good a singer.

Honed over time, Amelia Coburn’s debut album is a thing to treasure and will be one of the finest singer songwriter albums you’ll hear this year. ****

Review by Jason Ritchie

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