CD REVIEW: Silence/Win by Kim Churchill
At its best, it captures some of the emotional resonance of Joshua Radin’s debut Underwater, which struck a chord with me last year.
But there is still too much flimsy filler overshadowing the real high-quality efforts.
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Hide AdThree tracks stand out — Don’t Leave Your Life Too Long, a folksy and passionate exhortation to live life to the full, Canopy, a much rockier affair, and the Coldplay-like Backwards Head, all showing the promise of his song-writing and the power of his soulful voice.
But they’re each bookended by more forgettable fare, dragged down by acoustic noodling and light-touch vocals.
It’s a shame, because this album — released in 2014 but only now available in the UK — shows Churchill’s potential.
As it stands, though, any breakthrough hit he can muster could be undermined by a shortage of quality material to back it up.
Silence/Win is released on Atlantic Records UK on August 28.