Aoife Nessa Frances - Land Of No Junction

Aoife Nessa Frances - Land Of No JunctionLove Record Stores Edition. Released 18th December, via Basin Rock Heavyweight linen grained sleeve, with printed inner sleeve. Digital download included. Non Returnable. The debut album of new Irish songwriter Aoife Nessa Frances is shot through with a sense of mystery an ambiguity and disorientation that illuminates songs with smokey luminescence. With Land of No Junction, Frances has built a universe full of intimacy and depth, with lyrics written

even if J still seemed interested in swallowing some of the words that most folks would have sung

and odd appearances of trumpet

"Mayday started as an outro to Flourish or ‘Spring’ as it was titled originally

Daphne Oram

starring Sally Hawkins

Sprouting in the mid-‘50s

“My album is a series of vignettes and intimate portraits surrounding my adolescence and the people that shaped it

support and friendship she had while producing the record

which consists of cover versions

Though it hearkens back to the ‘70s psychedelic heyday of Fairport Convention and Trees

he also relished in comic fare like "Railroad Blues

"Won't Bleed Me" by Melvin Van Peebles