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Into the Mountain

Into the Mountain is the eighth studio album by Astrid Williamson, released on 18 February 2022 on Incarnation Records.[1] Williamson created the album's songs from a cache of poetry sand writing she discovered on a computer hard drive.[2]

Into the Mountain
Studio album by
Astrid Williamson
Released18 February 2022
Studio
LabelIncarnation Records
ProducerAndy Glen
Astrid Williamson chronology
Requiem & Gallipoli
(2015) 		Into the Mountain
(2022)

Critical reception

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Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
PopMatters8/10[3]
The Scotsman     [4]
Uncut7/10[5]

PopMatters praised "the honed songwriting, the textures, the storytelling and the heaven bound, singular voice"[3] with The Scotsman saying "the rolling drums, windswept strings and incantatory vocals whip up an atmospheric folk pop storm".[4] Uncut stated that "it taps feelings of regret, loss, yearning & desire but acceptance too".[5]

Track listing

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All songs are written by Astrid Williamson.

  1. "Coming Up for Air" – 3:36
  2. "In Gratitude" – 5:20
  3. "Eat" – 3:14
  4. "June Bug" – 6:03
  5. "Body" – 3:58
  6. "For Henry" – 4:26
  7. "Prague" – 3:57
  8. "Corsica" – 6:01
  9. "Gun" – 5:26
  10. "There Are Words" – 3:11

Personnel

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  • Astrid Williamson – vocals, synthesisers, piano, xylophone, guitar, organ, programming & string arrangements
  • Andy Glen – guitar, percussion, e-bow, string arrangements, backing vocals
  • Martyn Barker – drums & percussion
  • Nicolas Dick – lap steel guitar
  • Richard Yale – bass guitar
  • Ruth Gottlieb – violin

Production

  • Andy Glen – producer
  • Tula Parker – artwork

References

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  1. ^ "Into The Mountain - Limited Edition CD · Astrid Williamson". Astrid Williamson. Retrieved 2022-03-14.
  2. ^ "Astrid Williamson: How I turned my journals into songs". Songwriting Magazine. 2022-02-18. Retrieved 2022-03-14.
  3. ^ a b Khan, Imran (24 February 2022). "Astrid Williamson Moves Mountains and a Few Souls with Into the Mountain". PopMatters. Retrieved 14 March 2022.
  4. ^ a b Shepherd, Fiona (10 February 2022). "Album reviews: Modern Studies | Eddie Vedder | Dean Owens | Astrid Williamson". The Scotsman. Retrieved 14 March 2022.
  5. ^ a b O'Connell, Sharon (March 2022). "Astrid Williamson – Into the Mountain". Uncut. p. 36.
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