Ever-roving eye

"Recorded at Wilco's loft studio in Chicago with a nimble rhythm section of double bassist Nick Macri and drummer Spencer Tweedy, Ever-Roving Eye plays like a logical and slightly more daring sequel to his debut, moving forward into loose psychedelic shapes with pastoral chamber arrangements - courtesy of woodwind player Paul von Mertens - dotting the otherwise sparse landscape".

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"His playing dazzles throughout, be it the rolling lines and solos of Nowhere Time, the jazzy stylings of Late Jim's Lament, or the intricacies of Rendlesham Way, an instrumental tribute to his Chiltern Hills upbringing. A low-key, slow-burn delight".

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"On the follow-up to his 2017 debut, the Chicago guitarist ventures beyond his folk roots, sounding looser and freer than ever. Despite the solo billing, he sounds more like a bandleader here".

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"In recent years, [Elkington has] played with Jeff Tweedy, Tortoise and, critically, Richard Thompson, whose nonchalant virtuosity has become a key influence on Elkington's playing. The songs on this second solo album are more substantive than those of 2017's "Wintres Woma": crisp études that recall the earlier work of another longtime Elkington collaborator, Steve Gunn, as well as the Anglo folk rock illuminati, Vocals are companionable, if a little insipid, but that barely matters when they're subsumed into an elaborate, woody matrix like the title track and matched with harmonies from The Weather Station's Tamara Lindeman (think: The Byrds' "Tribal Gathering"). Nice artwork homage to The Watersons' "Frost And Fire", too".