Some Seek Silver, Some Seek Gold is the latest album by North Yorkshire country singer Elaine Palmer, who recorded the album at Amberville Studio's in County Antrim with Malojian engineering and producing, before taking the tapes across to Half Moon Studios in the San Diego Hills where Mike Butler Engineered and produced the completion of the album. Elaine's band are Mike Butler, Christopher Colt and Declan McManus.
The album opens with the slow country blues of the title song Some Seek Silver that has a downcast feelings for what went wrong, while she knows some people are always chasing gold and silver medals, she just wants to live a life that stories are told about, this is an intelligent argument for getting on with having a cool life, rather than always trying to be the best, that is why of course she's no longer with you. The woozy guitars and supple bass really help emphasise everything going on.
I Still Feel The Same has a Linda Thompson style feel, for all the hard drinking nights and why you might not want to talk about it afterwards. She still feels the same despite what she saw you getting up too, long before a very emotional guitar solo towards the end of the song.
Roses has a hushed reverence for the Roses she can see that are in bloom, despite the fact the Roses never return the love she has for them, this is sparse and compelling. Once Were Lovers is desolate memories of a love that once was and can never be again, crystal clear thoughts of the depths to which you both sank along that rocky road, this is hauntingly atmospheric with an air of The Unthanks.
The Losing Hand is a slow tale of despair, with electric guitars adding poignancy, to her feelings of betrayal and the woman who stole her man, her descriptive lyrics paint a dark tale, while the shimmering reverb and almost gospel edge still leaves room for hope and redemption, with blistering guitars for companionship.
Telling Of The Bees is downcast acoustic strums for how the bees have changed over the years and how it affects everything, her old lover doesn't get her fascination with the story the Bees tell of the land and the booze consumed, while figuring out if it will be a good year or not.
The album closes with the reflective The Wildest Storms are the emotional ones that rage through her life, like a tempest tearing up everything in its path, the backing is rather less turbulent and makes a cool counterpoint for her to use like an anchor to help her stay grounded, ending this album of sophisticated modern country.
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