Thursday 30 October 2014

Peter Hollens // Peter Hollens

Peter Hollens // Peter Hollens
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Frequent visitors to this blog will know that we’ve featured some of Hollens’ singles. Well, now he’s only gone and got an album released on a major label!

Opening the album is I See Fire (of Ed Sheeran fame) which automatically reminds you that, for the majority if not all the tracks on this album are made using only voices. Next is a take on The Elder Scroll’s Skyrim theme fearuring another of this blogs favs, Lindsey Stirling, which is for one track features over 100 seperate tracks to produce the sound. A take on Jason Mraz’s song I Won’t Give Up, delivered with the same passion as heard in the original.

Next we head to Broadway for a Les Miserables Medley featuring Hollens’ wife Evynne before another collaboration, this time with Sabrina Carpenter in the form of the U2 classic, I Still Haven’t Found What I’m Looking For. Things take a tender moment with the American folk song, Shenandoah before changing location for another folk song, this time from Ireland in the form of She Moved Through The Fair.

Hallelujah comes next and is a duet with Jackie Evancho (you might know her name if you watch America’s Got Talent) and leads into a duet with Brian Wilson (of Beach Boys fame) in Our Special Love. Back to the folk songs and first we have The Parting Glass that we’ve previously reviewed before he have Black Is The Colour of My True Love’s Hair featuring Avi Kaplan (of Pentatonix) on vocal duties as well.

Ashland’s Song is Peter’s own composition, written for his recent newborn son, and is a track that parents will no doubt be able to relate to. The final track on the album is Misty Mountains (as heard The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey) and for us, we feel it leaves you waiting for more.

Overall, we find difficulty in finding fault with the album when you consider that it is all recorded using, for a number of them, just one voice. It would be easy to say ‘oh but he’s already released some tracks individually’ (which he has and the majority can be bought over on Loudr) but ignoring that fact, this album is quite a nice introduction into Peter’s world particularly for those who may not be as familiar with his works. That said, it’s also a nice collection for fans as some of the songs featured are from the fan favourite videos. We, meanwhile wait to see what next in store.

Rating: 5/5

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