David Berkeley - A Pail Full of Fire (2024) [Hi-Res]

These songs are about the shape of love, about the passage of time, about children growing up, about looking for and then holding onto what matters. They’re about trying to resist some of the trends of modernity, which push us farther from the real nectar of life, making us less and less able to feel and appreciate the beauty in the moment we’re here.

Some of these songs are clearly autobiographical. Others clearly aren’t. But I’ve been feeling all these themes powerfully, either directly or indirectly, as my kids pass me in height and my hair gets grayer and grayer. I wrote them, as always, to Sarah and to those boys, but I suppose I’m singing them also to myself, to remind me of what I really care about.

It seemed only right, given the topic, to record the way we did—which was to track everything live over four intense June days in a beautiful studio outside of Eugene, Oregon, and to use, for the most part, entire takes with arrangements that favor long tones and textures over fast runs and flash. I’m grateful to Billy for opening his sweet space to us and for how invested he became in these recordings; to Rich and Anna for their incredible musical sensitivities; and to Todd, who gave so much of his heart to this project. It was an honor to work so closely with such incredible people.

Somehow, this is my ninth solo album, and I’m so very grateful to you for still listening.

I remain,
David
June 2024

Tracklist:
1. David Berkeley - Wild Gods (05:44)
2. David Berkeley - I Dreamed a Fire (03:22)
3. David Berkeley - Omaha (04:31)
4. David Berkeley - Eye of the Storm (04:03)
5. David Berkeley - Worrying World (03:31)
6. David Berkeley - The Right and Wrong (04:20)
7. David Berkeley - I Was Framed (04:49)
8. David Berkeley - The Fall of Man (04:39)
9. David Berkeley - A Harbor for Hard Times (04:45)
10. David Berkeley - Until the End (04:10)