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The Common Linnets, who finished 2nd in 2014 for The Netherlands, have announced details of their second studio album called 'II' due for release on September 25th.

 

1. We Don't Make the Wind Blow

2. That Part

3. Hearts On Fire

4. Runaway Man

5. In Your Eyes

6. Dust of Oklahoma

7. Indigo Moon

8. Better Than That

9. Days of Endless Time

10. Soho Waltz

11. As If Only

12. Walls of Jericho

13. Proud

 

The lead single is 'We Don't make the Wind Blow' which has already been a minor success in The Netherlands and is already starting to receive airplay in Germany ahead of its single release next month.

 

 

I've listened to that track a few times on different occasions now and it's such a grower, just like 'Calm After The Storm' was. :wub:

The music video for 'We Don't Make The Wind Blow' has now been made available in the UK:

 

I'd be surprised if this doesn't end up as my favourite album of the year, I heard 80% of these songs at their gig last October and they all sounded phenomenal.

 

Their debut would have been my favourite album of most years actually, but Sheppard got in the way!

Wait what am I saying...aren't new Delta and Corrs albums due this year too!?

 

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Just ordered this from Amazon Germany, annoyingly the autorip feature is only available to customers in Austria, Switzerland and Germany, I need to hear it NOW and it hasn't leaked yet :drama:

Don't tell me that 'Hearts on Fire' is the same song that Gram Persons & Emmylou Harris have also done. Hearing anyone else sing that would be wrong.

Just ordered this from Amazon Germany, annoyingly the autorip feature is only available to customers in Austria, Switzerland and Germany, I need to hear it NOW and it hasn't leaked yet :drama:

Leaked NOW.

I saw, and have got, thanks.

It's goooood, maybe not quite as good as the debut as there's nothing as stand out as Calm After The Storm, Give Me A Reason or Lovers & Liars but they're fantastic songwriters with a real ear for a melody.

 

The two singles, Proud and Indigo Moon are my initial favourites but it's definitely another album I know I'll keep coming back to.

We Don't Make The Wind Blow has been playlisted by Radio 2! Still love the track <3

This album was excellent live!

Ooh they're so good live <3 Where did you see them play, how many people were there?

 

They've delivered two really stellar albums now, they really deserve more than a passing top ten hit and one top 40 album in the UK.

Manchester! Night&Day Café in the Northern Quarter. It was a totally tiny place, a couple of hundred at most. It was really intimate and cozy and just so good. Them and a bunch of guitars. They were actually quite funny, a few jokes were cracked and their audience interaction was on point. They ended up performing a completely unplanned song as part of their encore.

Manchester! Night&Day Café in the Northern Quarter. It was a totally tiny place, a couple of hundred at most. It was really intimate and cozy and just so good. Them and a bunch of guitars. They were actually quite funny, a few jokes were cracked and their audience interaction was on point. They ended up performing a completely unplanned song as part of their encore.

 

Great! Yeah they're fantastic, they performed about 25-odd songs if not more when I saw them, including pretty much the whole second album a year before it came out. Amazing value for money.