Here, There and Anymore
| Here, There and Anymore | ||||
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| Studio album by Greg Connors | ||||
| Released | April 24, 2006 (US) | |||
| Recorded |
2004, Brooklyn | |||
| Genre | Alternative rock | |||
| Length | 40:51 | |||
| Label | Scared Records | |||
| Producer | Joseph Arthur | |||
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| Source | Rating |
| Melodic.net |   |
| Performer Magazine | (8/10) |
Here, There and Anymore is the third full-length album by Greg Connors, released on April 24, 2006. It was his first major release on Atlanta independent record label, Scared Records. The album was produced by renowned artist, Joseph Arthur after Greg had sent him a cassette demo of his latest songs.
Greg had known Joseph for many years, having met in Atlanta when he worked at a local music store. Upon hearing the demo, Joseph invited Greg into his Brooklyn home studio where they commenced to record the songs which would become Here, There and Anymore.
Joseph Arthur discussed meeting Greg and described his friendship and songs from the album in an article submitted to a major music magazine:[1]
| “ | Greg Connors is a great songwriter: a writer of words which find the silent space in between emotion, the typically indescribable places where you’re left on your own to dance with the shadows. Also, he’s just really very funny, like on the song “Amasakist”, where the chorus goes: “I’m a masochist / To me every day is a good one.” But usually his lines are denser, like bulletin boards full of post-it notes where you wrote emotions you forgot to feel: “Now and these days / I’m trying to hold up / my own head myself / Without the incriminating way / I think you feel / Being my puppeteer, from “Anymore”, or “Rusted colander under thoughts / Mingling somewhere between us”, from “She’s Talented.”
The other striking thing about Greg is the way these often obscure lines are delivered with a natural ease, equal parts dry wit and emotion. They devastate with a smile but never is he joking. “We’re on our way / And disappearing / The contrast gave in to regards”, from “Regards.” Its often heart-breaking stuff sung from a voice that’s been dragging behind you for years, rolling over pavement, stone and regret: “You’re pushing again / For that final start / Isn't it a lot like / Changing lightbulbs in the dark.” |
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Track listing
- "Monster" – 4:54
- "Heading Home From A Funeral" – 4:37
- "Catty Perhaps" – 3:49
- "Regards (Painting And Departure)" – 4:25
- "Anymore (Long Time Starting)" – 4:59
- "Lodge" – 5:20
- "She's Talented" – 5:20
- "Changing Lightbulbs in The Dark" – 3:39
- "Amasakist (Sic)" – 3:50
Album credits
- All songs written by Greg Connors.
- Produced by Joseph Arthur.
- Greg Connors: vocals, acoustic and electric guitars, hand claps
- Joseph Arthur: background vocals, bass, synthesiser and programming, acoustic and electric guitars, pedal steel, percussion and violin
- Cerise Leang: "Amasakist!" vocals
- Mixed by Joseph Arthur
- Recorded by Joseph Arthur
- Mastered by zod at duplex left.
- Artwork by Greg Connors and Stan Satin.
- Photographs by A. Lea R., Mike Connors, Greg Connors and Cerise Leang.
- Art Direction and assemblage by Stan Satin.