November 06, 2024

Mint Biscuit: Purple Patch

Welsh singer and guitarist Richard Thomas keeps it close to home on Purple Patch, the new album by his one-man band Mint Biscuit. He wrote a song for his nephew (The Ballad Of Golden Aidan, enjoys a cup of Chicken Soup and reminisces about getting lost for a bit during a hike Cornfield Whisper. Thomas gets out of his comfort zone when he writes about the Vikings pillaging the lands (Summer Song) or lets a girl turn into a snake (Melusine). It is a road less travelled for him, but it opens possibilities he should definitely explore more fully.

Home recordings are tricky and can sound a bit tinny, but Thomas put his guitar collection to good use, carefully choosing an instrument that fits the mood of a track. By doing so, he created a sonic palette that is decidedly lo-fi, but also on point with a level of intimacy that other artists with bigger budgets will find hard to replicate.

Mint Biscuit: Purple Patch

Purple Patch is a self-released album. Buy it from his website. A wealth of his output is available on CD via elasticstage.com.

Tracks:
  1. Chicken Soup
  2. The Ballad Of Golden Aidan
  3. Melusine
  4. Summer Song
  5. Way Out West
  6. Wild Honey Blues
  7. Struminid For My Pluminid
  8. Healing Better
  9. Muscovado Magic
  10. Allonby Grasses
  11. Cornfield Whisper
  12. Overweight
  13. All Fingers And Strums

» mintbiscuitsounds.com

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