Sweet Gum Tree - Addendum I (2023) [Hi-Res]

Petrified in the creative process and preserved, not unlike the remains of Pompeii illustrating the artwork, the various recordings from Addendum are Sweet Gum Tree's collected rarities and previously unreleased material, spanning two decades. Outlining his discographic jigsaw, those sonic vignettes especially bring the guitarchitect and the songsmith out in the Gallic dandy. With floydian intro Saturn Square Saturn, Sweet Gum Tree sustains the mood of previous effort Silvatica, critically-acclaimed in France and featured in recent best-selling book 1,000 Essential Rock Albums (from 1956 to 2022). From the cosmic pop of Incandescent and the luminous melancholy of Snowflake in the Sun to hushed jam session City of Glass, Addendum rewards the attentive listener with its sense of detail and intimate atmosphere. Icing on the cake, legendary guitarist Marty Willson-Piper (formerly of The Church) pays a friendly visit with his Rickenbacker on Dusk Bleeds Hope.