The songs on Eve Goodman’s debut album have accompanied her on the road of grief. Now, ‘Summer Sun, Winter Trees’ sees their release into the wider world. Catharsis is a word that comes to mind. Those who have experienced similar may find just that when they listen in.
The simplicity of Goodman’s arrangements contributes to such. It draws the poetic out while giving stability to emotion. Like watching ripples on the water after a stone has dropped in.
Each track is distinct. Yet there’s a journey through all ten. Bookended by the title track whose liminality stretches like a blanket across the other eight.
There are some which are obvious in their meaning. Others whose stream of consciousness’ requires more thought. Sometimes the lyrics take you deep into the action. Sometimes they carry you down a river of reflection. All are, in some way, a balm for the soul.
‘That Day’ feels like a pivot. The starkness of its opening line. “There are days when I think of joining you”. The qualification of the second. “Not in that way. Not from that place”. Grief running through a mind with a silver-lined sky.
‘Jay Feather’ is much the same. A very subtle change to produce something more uplifting. The discovery of a loved one still existing in creation.
From the heaviness of ‘Pellter’ to the lightness of ‘Pick Up All The Pieces’. The captive nature of ‘Burn’ to the proclamation of ‘Quiet Revolution’. This is Eve Goodman expressing something so intimate and affecting. Collating with such vulnerability. Sharing so freely.
‘Summer Sun, Winter Trees’ is an album of nuance. Of universality. Of humanity.
‘Summer Sun, Winter Trees’ can be purchased from Eve Goodman’s Bandcamp page here.
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