Battle Royal by John Lyle

"This is a fascinating bouquet of new songs to lull you in, running from some as simple as early Americana field-recordings, into more complex humour and wistful moods, "You Know It Won't Kill You To Die" and "The Happenstance Of Evening", fifteen songs easy-spaced across 46-minutes, seldom taken at a faster pace than a jigging run, as close and intimate as new conversations with a particularly lyrical friend, whisper-fine settings from dulcimer and pedal steel as well as subtle drums and guitar, with family inputs from Penny and son Pax (who also adds the Sasquatch cover-art). John is a hand-crafted troubadour, new and eternal - but beware the cautiously-signposted 'B'-word on "Shades Of Grey" and the colloquial 'F'-word on the play-out 'Wings Beyond Rio'."

Andrew Darlington

Tracklist

1.	You Know it Won't Kill You to Die	2:37

2.	Never Going Back	1:44

3.	When Nothing's Right	2:16

4.	The Arms of Yesterday	3:50

5.	All Day Long	2:16

6.	The Happenstance of Evening	2:44

7.	Shades of Grey	3:55

8.	So Close to Home	2:27

9.	King Size Mouth in a Queen Size Bed	1:48

10.	Don't Go Down to Shantytown	2:45

11.	The Sun Machine	3:24

12.	A Price to Pay	2:57

13.	Foggy	3:28

14.	You Woke Up Dreaming	4:13

15.	Wings Beyond Rio	4:52

Credits

released November 19, 2016

Cover portrait of his father by Pax Lyle.

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