August 1, 2009
Vancouver Province Album Review
The good folks at the Vancouver Province reviewed my new album Mercury in Songbirds rather favourably in my opinion. Read it for yourself!
PATRICK BREALEY: Mercury In Songbirds
Former Vancouverite Brealey sure made the right choice packing up his bags and heading for Toronto. Where there was once a very literate fairly familiar singer/songwriter there is now a swinging roots/country artist whose writing smacks of experience well beyond his years. The band, the Knives, indeed does cut its way through full on rockers such as I Don’t Want To Hear Another Love Song to the marvellous The Devil Didn’t Make Me Do It. Given the subject matter of much of the material, one can’t help but wonder if this is a break-up album of sorts. But when he hits near Roy Orbison notes in Something To Do With You, you’ll want to croon along. Looking forward to more from this guy.
Grade: B plus