T.R. Burge - Selling You EP (2023)

British singer-songwriter Tim Richard Burge has lived in Australia, Canada, Scotland, Siberia and England, he studied classical guitar at an old style Soviet Music Institute (whilst teaching children to speak English) and old style blues guitar with John Morris of The Blues Preachers in Sydney, and he plays in Manchester goth rock/synth band Mercury Machine – experiences that don’t seem important for this blog but they are, because they heavily influence and inspire his style of writing and playing as T.R. Burge. Just listen to his new EP Selling You, the successor of last year’s debut EP God Ache. You’ll hear five acoustic indie-folk tracks, subdued, melancholic and atmospheric, with optimistic and hopeful lyrics, recorded in rural Sweden during winter. No fillers here, but the title track in particular – an irresistible melody and lush vocals – is a modern pinnacle within the genre.