"Handyside delivers melodies that hold, hooks that catch and songs that will stay with you for a long time".
Folkwords album of the month Feb 2016
"A Whaler's Lament", a stupendous number...it deserves a nod in the Best Original Track category at the next Radio 2 awards...Outstanding"
fatea.com
"...subtlety and finesse and a rich vein of melancholy. It’s a flawless piece of folk narrative...Paul Handyside has produced a hauntingly melancholy album using a variety of (mainly) traditional instruments to provide a framework for his marvellous voice; it’s a powerful combination".
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MusicRiot.co.uk
"There is a strong, brooding Americana flavour...a rewarding set, good songs well performed"
****
Maverick
"Heave away you rolling kings...the folkier Paul Handyside gets the better he sounds...the triumph of the album is "A whaler's lament" which vibrantly leaps from the narrator's seaborne adventures at the turn of the nineteenth century...a highly listenable album...the stand-outs are unmissable"
AmericanaUK
"Dressed in black from head to toe, Handyside resembled the gaunt figure of Harry Dean Stanton circa Paris, Texas, minus the red baseball cap and pent-up anger, strolling into a dusty middle-of-nowhere town".
Northern Sky
If you're in the EU please note that VAT at the applicable rate will be added to the cost of your download.
Folkwords album of the month Feb 2016
"A Whaler's Lament", a stupendous number...it deserves a nod in the Best Original Track category at the next Radio 2 awards...Outstanding"
fatea.com
"...subtlety and finesse and a rich vein of melancholy. It’s a flawless piece of folk narrative...Paul Handyside has produced a hauntingly melancholy album using a variety of (mainly) traditional instruments to provide a framework for his marvellous voice; it’s a powerful combination".
****
MusicRiot.co.uk
"There is a strong, brooding Americana flavour...a rewarding set, good songs well performed"
****
Maverick
"Heave away you rolling kings...the folkier Paul Handyside gets the better he sounds...the triumph of the album is "A whaler's lament" which vibrantly leaps from the narrator's seaborne adventures at the turn of the nineteenth century...a highly listenable album...the stand-outs are unmissable"
AmericanaUK
"Dressed in black from head to toe, Handyside resembled the gaunt figure of Harry Dean Stanton circa Paris, Texas, minus the red baseball cap and pent-up anger, strolling into a dusty middle-of-nowhere town".
Northern Sky
If you're in the EU please note that VAT at the applicable rate will be added to the cost of your download.
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Flowers Won't Bloom 5:380:00/5:38
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Fond Farewell 4:160:00/4:16
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Let Me Down Easy 3:520:00/3:52
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All Will Be Revealed 3:510:00/3:51
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True Love 3:410:00/3:41
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0:00/3:46
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Woodcutter's Son 3:290:00/3:29
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Desperate Days 4:390:00/4:39
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A Whaler's Lament 5:130:00/5:13
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Goodnight Lover 3:270:00/3:27