The Natvral - Summer Of No Light (Khaki Vinyl)

DIRTY BINGO - DBR021VL

On his second album as The Natvral - a spirited, beautifully observed collection of rough and ready songcraft - the former Pains of Being Pure at Heart frontperson was eyeing the past while dealing with an inescapable present. 'The record's title, Summer of No Light, is taken from the climate crisis of 1816,' he says. Often referred to as The Year Without a Summer, that year a massive volcanic eruption in Indonesia darkened much of the world's sky. The resulting ash brought dramatic global cooling and widespread famine, hitting Western Europe especially hard. While he initially sought escape from the isolation in which he found himself, soon the solace of home and family life began to seep its way into the music 'The routines of domesticity were often unwelcome, and always exhausting - but probably mentally helpful. I was isolated, but not alone.' Despite the many graveyard romps that populate the record, it's the moments that celebrate home that gives this album its heart. Summer of No Light is an album that's born of a precise moment, yet revels in anachronism.

Side A:
Lucifer's Glory
Carolina
Summer of Hell
The Stillness

Side B:
A Glass of Laughter
Stephanie Don't Live Here Anymore
Your Temperate Ways
Wait for Me
Wintergreen

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