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Harley Card: Hedgerow
by Fiona Ord-Shrimpton
Hazy summer sun and nostalgia, the album cover hints best at what the music of Harley Card sounds like (with the exception of the giant mirror-beach-ball-spaceship-portal thing--no idea). Hedgerow is a contemplative and absorbing sound, reiterating guitar phrases across a wide harvest of colors and plaited exchanges. Hedgerow is a little knotty, in the sense of a moot undercurrent of gentle melancholy, after careful unraveling it's not hard to appreciate the calm and find an overall sense of ...
Continue ReadingHarley Card: Non-Fiction
by Raul d'Gama Rose
This record certainly does not feel like guitarist Harley Card's debut CD. It jumps at you much like the fifth or sixth record! This suggests a high degree of polish and maturity not just in technique, but also in the dynamics of Card's approach to the guitar, the individuality of his voice, the complex beauty and daring of the compositions. It is also a slick production, but if you think this is a calculated effort, perish the thought. Card knows ...
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