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A Million Ways To Change Your Life (A Real Gone Sampler)

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In 2016, Real Gone celebrated it’s seventh full year online. This year also marked the sixth year we’ve given away new music at the end of the year. Now a staple of the RG catalogue, the free album-length download is looked forward to by a core of our supporters and in turn helps bring new readers and listeners to our site.

2016 hasn’t been quite as notable for new music compared with a couple of years previously, but that’s not to say it hasn’t thrown up some great stuff. On the first of Real Gone’s free compilations for 2016, we take a look at a broad selection of tunes from punk, country, singer-songwriter fare and more… [a selection of metal oriented artists can be found over here]. If you’ve been paying attention to our website over the past twelve months, a few of these names will be familiar. If not, it’s time to say hello to new music. If you find a couple of things to love, our work here is done!

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FAITH ELIOTT – Faith Eliott EP

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faith-eliott-epReleased as a stop gap between demo recordings and entering the studio to record something properly, this EP from Edinburgh based singer-songwriter Faith Eliott was recorded live to tape in one afternoon at The Happiness Hotel in Leith. Although Faith recorded these tracks quickly and out of necessity (in her own words, “to archive songs that have been disappearing from setlists”), the organic nature of the recordings really brings out the best in her songs. For here are four tracks that are hugely professional and yet still retain a little of that spirit that lots of great acoustic music needs if it is to remain true to its roots. Various studio overdubs could have made these songs fuller, but not necessarily better.

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MASON SUMMIT – Gunpowder Tracks

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mason-summit-lpFor a man of just nineteen years of age at the time of recording this third album, Mason Summit’s songwriting ability stretches way beyond his years. On these twelve songs he applies his craft to retro sounds aplenty, on songs that span AM radio pop, country and occasional jazziness. In doing so, he comes up with a winning formula that should appeal to those who like their music to have a familiar echo of the past. Of all the superb qualities that ‘Gunpowder Tracks’ possesses, however, it is the over-riding sense of warmth that wins out and really makes the album so inviting.

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VINCENT CARR’S SUMIC – Rekindled

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Vincent CarrApproaching the writing and recording of his fifth album, Vincent Carr stumbled across that age old problem all artistes face, whether a musician or writer: that potential stumbling block being, in his own words, “how to remain true to yourself, without repeating yourself”. With that in mind, although largely instrumental, ‘Rekindled’ almost feels thematic in its aim to reconnect; it’s music has a slow burning retro style that celebrates a love of things with an old spirit, while simultaneously looking at things afresh.

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THE LOW ANTHEM – Oh My God, Charlie Darwin

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low anthem lp‘Oh My God, Charlie Darwin’ is the second (proper) release by the Rhode Island based folk/Americana trio The Low Anthem. It doesn’t always sound like an album which is capable of reaching huge audiences, but with the resurgence of traditional sounding music which happened throughout the late 00s, it has the air of an album which needed to be recorded. The playing throughout is very natural, which alone creates a rootsy, homegrown feel. Essentially, what we have here is an album of tunes to fill the empty space during cold and dark autumnal nights: songs which are often reflective and occasionally whiskey filled.

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