Finn Quaid - Finn Quaid (2022)

It seems fitting for the final album from Finn Quaid to be released under his own name. Recorded almost entirely by himself on an 8-track, it’s hard not to hear the record as signaling a sense of finality and intense intimacy. Forgoing much of the orchestral trappings (outside of a few dustings of clarinet) found in Melbourne’s other folk acts, the album works in a similar color palette to the aforementioned Dutch Interior but moves in a decidedly more delicate manner. Songs like “Stitch” invite the listener in with the simplicity of Quaid’s guitar’s whole-bodied, dark chords and his feathery voice, but in “Plights pt. 2,” the guitar flutters frantically, its notes swarming throughout the song. His voice takes on a much deeper intonation at times, pushing the pace until it collapses in its final breaths, his weary fingers finally resting.

Tracklist:
1.01 - Finn Quaid - Ponder (5:53)
1.02 - Finn Quaid - Forced to Remind (4:26)
1.03 - Finn Quaid - Fog in the House (4:32)
1.04 - Finn Quaid - Precipice pt. 1 (1:59)
1.05 - Finn Quaid - Stitch (2:53)
1.06 - Finn Quaid - Walk Madly (3:34)
1.07 - Finn Quaid - Plights pt. 2 (5:27)
1.08 - Finn Quaid - Ripe pt. 2 (1:56)
1.09 - Finn Quaid - Silver Light (Refracts from Silver Pools) (3:13)
1.10 - Finn Quaid - Sparrow (3:08)
1.11 - Finn Quaid - Friction (3:36)
1.12 - Finn Quaid - Scarlet (5:39)
1.13 - Finn Quaid - Ripe (2:20)