Summoning Suns

General | Sep 2015

Reviews

DJ Away
Reviewed 2015-09-01
Fingerstyle guitar virtuoso Blackshaw’s first singer-songwriter album. This is a much more relaxed and compact effort than Blackshaw’s previous releases—no epic 15-minute odysseys here. Just some really pretty, precious, folk-influenced tunes, and there’s absolutely nothing wrong with that when someone like Blackshaw is at the wheel. RIYL William Tyler, Ryley Walker, Lambchop. Favorites: 2, 4, 6, 7. No FCCs detected.

1. (2:13)—Instrumental. Cheery piano, bells, organ.
2. *(4:33)—Soft, freewheeling duet with violin. Sugary but pleasant.
3. (5:58)—Slow, more in a pleasant slowcore style. Flute + piano outro.
4. *(4:38)—Mid-tempo, melancholy but bouncy. Strings. Really pretty.
5. (5:55)—Medium-slow, jazzy, breezy.
6. *(5:46)—Starts soft, driving. Duet in Japanese. A little pedal steel, some swelling orchestral flourishes.
7. *(3:07)—Instrumental. Crystalline minor-key fingerpicking.

Recent airplay

Summoning Suns
Towa No Yume
Failure's Flame
Music CasseroleNov 07, 2015
Failure's Flame
DDTTNov 01, 2015
Confetti, Failure's Flame
Halloween JamboreOct 31, 2015
Summoning Suns
Time TravelerOct 30, 2015

Charting

2015-09-04 — 2015-11-06
Week EndingAirplays
Nov 8 1
Nov 1 2
Oct 11 2
Oct 4 1
Sep 27 2
Sep 20 4
Sep 13 1
Sep 6 1

Track listing

1. Averoigne
2. Confetti
3. Failure's Flame
4. Nothing Ever After
5. Summoning Suns
6. Towa No Yume
7. Winter Flies