Timezone Records [Release date 06.02.26]
A track on Aug’s 2024 album - ‘Fuck The Neighbors’ – may have indicated he had a score to settle. But maybe on the back of Covid the guy was just frustrated? No such apparent concerns here, other than tunes evidently inspired by life events.
Aug is a gifted guitar player, American by birth but now resident in Germany, and touring in Europe (from 26 February). Interim is a great collection of acoustic strums, bringing to mind Acoustic Alchemy on the cheery opener ‘New Day’s Dawn’ (with son Oskar on second guitar) and the likes of Bert Jansch (‘Katzenjammer’ dedicated to his cat who is also commemorated on ‘Ernesto’).
Electric effects are introduced on the title track, Celtic moods explored on ‘Emerald’ whilst ‘Interim III (Point Of No Return) and ‘Open Fields’ have an irresistible rhythmic sway.
As previously, the song with other instrumentation – ‘Serenade’ – is also a standout with Justin Ciuche’s melodious violin matched by Aug’s empathic counterpoint.
Aug – who has toured with Allan Holdsworth and Scott Henderson and is a regular in electronic/ambient artist Anne Clark’s band – suggests this latest solo album is transitional with other projects to be explored. In the meantime, this is a quite wonderful, uplifting, instrumental album.
Lovers of beautifully played acoustic guitar unite. *****
Review by David Randall
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