Paul Callan makes music in an one-room cabin in the woods of Ireland's North East coast which he converted into a small recording studio in 2020.
There’s a solitary soulfulness of this his third full-length album although the exclamation mark in the album’s title speaks to celebration rather than despondency.
The opening track - Falling Again - contains little more than the line “Falling in love again” This repeated amorous affirmation may account for the fact that this 10-song cycle is significantly less bleak than the three tunes on Callan’s Dog EP which I reviewed in 2022.
The Civil War is a nod towards Zuma period Neil Young. The upbeat Want It Bad is a conscious attempt to shatter the album’s melancholy tone although this mood immediately kicks in again with the following song All Day.
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Some unleashed punk energy fires up Trick Shot is uncharacteristically forceful and feels a little out of place here.
For the most part it is the quiet intimacy of this charming record which makes it so appealing.
Album link on Bandcamp
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