RM Hubbert - Thirteen Lost & Found

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4...according to our Mike on Thu 26 Jan, 2012.

On his star-spattered new offering on Chemikal Underground, RM Hubbert offers up a selection of dour Scottish pastoral indie songs with a cold and spacious stoicism. The second song has Aidan Moffat chipping in with his usual chat over defeated fingerpicked guitar and...what sounds like a melodica. It sounds like a more Scottish Arab Strap. While the musical guests change through the course of the album, the wistful acoustic fingerpicking remains constant, and it's delivered with precision, soul and physicality that's quite captivating. In fact the solo piece which follows the Moffat track, 'For Joe', is among my favourite pieces on here. I can see how his deceptively casual technique has earned him so many friends. Later on we've got the likes of Stevie Jones and Alasdair Roberts popping up among numerous others in creating a relaxing and cohesive largely-instrumental pastoral folk album which is calmly-paced and emotionally engaging throughout. Great job.

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• Follow up to RM Hubbert’s debut album ‘First & Last’ which came out in February 2011.

• The album was produced by Alex Kapranos (Franz Ferdinand) and engineered by Paul Savage. The album was recorded between Chem19 and Alex’s studio in the Scottish Borders.

• The album features collaborations with some very special artists including Hanna Tuulikki (Nalle), Emma Pollock (The Delgados), Luke Sutherland (Long Fin Killie, Mogwai), Aidan Moffat (Arab Strap), Alex Kapranos and Alasdair Roberts amongst others.

• ‘Thirteen Lost & Found’ was conceived by Hubbert as a way of reacquainting himself with old friends while making some new ones. Each piece was written collaboratively with the respective artists placing the emphasis on spontaneity and experimentation.

• The resulting collection is eclectic and beautiful: voice, percussion, violin, piano, banjo, accordion, vibraphone and gu zheng all joining Hubbert’s idiosyncratic guitar over the eleven songs.

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