FLIGHT FROM THE INSIDE
Into The East
(Rhythmethod)
A lot of New Zealand artists could learn a thing or two from Into The East.
The Southland duo of Graeme Woller and Liv McBride have been refining their craft for the past nine years and have finally released their debut album which McBride says “had a mind of its own and we knew it had to be realised”.
They credit Alison Krauss, Ryan Adams, Laura Marling and Josh Ritter as influences but that’s being unnecessarily deferential because like the debut from the Tattletale Saints, this is beautifully crafted and quite sublime in parts.
He’s as sweet as she can be ballsy in an emotionally cohesive batch of songs that serve as internalised meditations on the ups and downs of life and love.
It’s hard to pick a standout because one song effortlessly flows into another right from the massed chorus refrain of the immortal George Harrison line “all things must past” which introduces the first single On The Run.
