{"id":20048,"date":"2022-10-04T05:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-10-04T05:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/?p=20048"},"modified":"2022-10-02T18:22:25","modified_gmt":"2022-10-02T18:22:25","slug":"tony-wright-the-anti-album-graphite-records","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/?p=20048","title":{"rendered":"Tony Wright – \u2018The Anti-Album’ (Graphite Records)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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Usually seen bouncing around on stages singing about whales & dolphins and the benefits of tequila, Terrorvision frontman Tony Wright travels a much more melancholy path when it comes to his solo albums. With Terrorvision being a part time concern these days and his printing studio\/coffee shop Bloomfield Square in Otley keeping him busy, Tony still finds time to record solos albums and tour acoustically with his faithful sidekick\/Terrorvision keyboard player Milly Evans.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Following his 2014 debut solo album \u2018Thoughts n\u2019 All\u2019 and the follow up 2016 album \u2018Walnut Dash\u2019, Tony releases a third solo album, written during lockdown, entitled \u2018The Anti-Album’ that sees the singer take a more honest and darker approach following being locked up with just a guitar, a bunch of songs and nowhere to go.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2018The Anti-Album’ is a lo-fi, stripped back and largely acoustic affair that sees the singer questioning life, love and faith. Musically it sees Tony explore the Country & West Yorkshire vibes that were prevalent on the \u2018Grand Ole Otley\u2019 covers album he did with Texan singer\/songwriter Ryan Hamilton a few years back.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Over the ten tracks on offer there is a sense of reflective melancholia, more than a few home truths and a need to escape the harsh realities of life. Album opener \u2018Sleep\u2019 seems to say it all. With a simple bass drum beat and an acoustic riff that hints at the MASH theme \u2018Suicide Is Painless\u2019, all Tony wants is to turn off the lights and sleep all his troubles away.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Next, we have a pair of tracks that exude spaghetti western vibes, aching desolation and soul searching. \u2018Nothing To Write Home About\u2019 is a tale of unremarkable small-town existence. Love, heartbreak and divorce is a familiar tale to most, yet here in this context it completely enraptures the listener. The following \u2018Get It Wrong\u2019 creates a dramatic and desolate mood with its country twang and heartfelt passionate vocal delivery. It sees the singer questioning his ability to tame that old beast we call love. It builds nicely over a stripped back sound that creates an expansive, almost cinematic vibe. Stunning stuff indeed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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