Colin Lillie – Glass Homes

Within this rhythmic rocking album is a sad soul.

Sombrely, Lillie pulls out the darkness inside – the forgotten, the unheard, the deep things that flow in the undercurrent in all blood streams. These are things that listeners pretend are not there because they are difficult. His soothing voice takes the listener into his soul and navigates them through the restless waters there.

Sadness runs deeper than water, deeper than blood, deeper even than consciousness, but does not disappear for lack of notice. Instead, under the surface tension grows until it must come out in music, such as this album. Glass Homes lets the listener see through to the issues, garnished with beats and patterns that make it an easier form to take.

Settle into the water listeners, let it rise around you and fall back, leaving you unharmed but a little wiser. (SP)

★★1/2