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Album Review: Paul Greene & The Other Colours - One Lap Of The Sun

Maybe a little country, but without the slide or banjo.



Opener Tomorrows & Yesterdays establishes Paul Greene as something of an acoustic optimist – not over-the-top happy and folky, but not the full ballad man or rock-popper either. That's not to say there's not the melancholy in his work; by the time it gets to a bridge, he's literally whistling. Maybe a little country, but without the slide or banjo. Highlights include mid-album track Compromise, complete with an airy flute, which walks the line between hipster, adult contemporary and surf. Meanwhile the harmony lead Soul Sister sounds familiar in a comfortable way.