Three Hours South
Edwin Derricutt
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Edwin Derricutt was born in Napier, New Zealand, his mother a Salvation Army musician who once formed a harmonica band in the UK, and his father a talented joiner and shopfitter. Design and music go hand in hand for Derricutt who is both a qualified architect and an accomplished guitarist.
2010 marks the release of Edwin Derricutt's second full-length solo album "Three Hours South" and follows up on his very
successful independent debut release Symmetry (2006) which included five singles across New Zealand and Australian
independent radio. The title track ‘Symmetry’ entered the Top 100 NZ Radio chart without any commercial airplay, and ‘Cold as Ice’ was featured on the April 2008 NZ On Air Kiwi Hit Disc. Music videos for both tracks playlisted on Juice TV,
Channel 63 and C4 networks in New Zealand as well as gathering more than 40000 hits on his youtube.com site (www.youtube.com/edwinderricutt).
After releasing singles in Australia, Edwin gained the accolade of being the only New Zealand artist to appear on Australia's TRAA Top 100 song chart in 2008. (TRAA tracks playlist reports across 20+ stations in capital cities and regional markets throughout Australia.)
If Symmetry was the reflective, soulful and chilled side of Edwin's skilled acoustic guitar playing and tune-crafting, "Three Hours South" picks up where the title track from the previous album 'Symmetry' left off. A full band offering, toe-tapping, lighter, cheekier and an infectiously singable collection of pop songs.
Recorded to tape at the revived Revolver Studios, Three Hours South is produced by acclaimed New Zealand producer Nic Manders (Nathan King, Brooke Fraser, Lydia Cole) and mastered in New York by Andy VanDette of Masterdisk.
Three Hours South is released on the artist’s own label Freefall Records, and distributed in New Zealand and online by Pure Entertainment New Zealand Limited.
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elsewhere.co.nz review of "Three Hours South"
author: Graham Reid
The debut by this New Zealand singer-songwriter, Symmetry, found immediate favour at Elsewhere a couple of years ago, but this album is big step up in maturity of songwriting and musicality.
There's a depth and muscularity to these songs (the urgent tone of Life Boat, the sharp folk-pop of 30 Seconds, the holy stillness of Soldier) which is immediately affecting and if on the previous album his voice sounded a bit light when it could have bitten harder that certainly isn't a comment you'd make this time around.
He's also got sense of humour: 2 Feet Tall about a child's eye view of the beauties and mysteries of the world contains the refrain "I might be your baby, but I'm the one you all bow down to".
The lovely escapism of the title song written on holiday in Samoa now takes on a very different meaning when he sings "Lalomanu's looking so clear, others might not be here, years from now they will disappear". The tsunami which wiped out that beautiful beach and its nearby inhabitants skews the image into a new perspective, yet the power of his sentiment (a visitor who just takes home the sun and sand of his fellow man) actually now has greater resonance.
The sleepness night on Anxiety comes with a deliberately plodding bass and percussion part (Daniel Irvine and Dean Tinning) which has an oddly disconcerting quality.
Derricutt once again mostly celebrates the joys of life and love, and the natural world informs many of these songs (Kowhai Tree, lakes and beaches). It's telling that as on the previous album he notes where these songs were written: and they are beaches and lakesides mostly.
Good supporting players, understated arrangements and a nicely packaged album as well with an insert booklet of lyrics. Check this guy out
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