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An open letter to Sam Prebble, aka Bond Street Bridge:
Dear Sam,
I received your debut album, The Mapmaker’s Art, in the mail recently and I’ll be honest, it stayed on the shelf for quite a while. I barely even thought of the overt link between your stage name and the bridge that I drive over every day on my way to work.
It was an e-mail from Nigel at Monkey Records that made me pop your record on – and I now openly admit, I should have done it sooner.
The track ‘Black Market Soul Transplant’ is the perfect encapsulation of your sound. I take my hat off to your ability to blend string arrangements, computerised beats and world-weary vocals into a truly captivating mix.
Clearly your experience with orchestras and choirs has helped to develop your songwriting skills – there is a real sense of lushness in your sound – all the more impressive given the wide range of instruments that you employ (guitar, violin, mandolin, piano and organ to name a few).
The other album highlights for me are ‘Motorways’ and ‘Rain’ – these tracks have been on high rotate ever since I played them.
Great stuff, Sam. I promise that your next release will be reviewed and talked about in a much more timely fashion.
Kind regards,
Malcolm from Bullet.
Essential Tracks
Black Market Soul Transplant
Motorways
Rain
Full Track Listing
1. Harpagornis Moorei (1:07)
2. Black Market Soul Transplant (2:58)
3. Motorways (4:07)
4. Silver (4:11)
5. The Nature Of The Blues (4:02)
6. Sleeptalking (2:33)
7. Flower Song (2:23)
8. Rain (5:13)
9. Storm (5:02)
10. Haast's Eagle (2:44)
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