Mother Town Hall

Personnel: Bill Pritchard (vocals, guitar, piano); Mike Rhead (guitar, banjo, background vocals); Tim Bradshaw (guitar, keyboards, background vocals); Pierre-Marie Humeau (trumpet, flugelhorn); Vincent Aubert (trombone, bass trombone); Liam Bradley (drums, percussion); Alice Pritchard (background vocals).Audio Mixers: Roo Pigott; Tim Bradshaw.Recording information: Aubee Rd, Deauville; The Lakeside Lodge, Burslem; The Seclusary, Donegal.Photographer: Mike Rhead.Another unassuming treasure of a record from the mercurial English singer/songwriter, Mother Town Hall is a Victorian jangle pop horn of plenty, spilling over with wit, warmth, and timeless melodies. Listeners who were charmed by 2014's A Trip to the Coast will find much of the same here, as Pritchard continues to mine both Tin Pan Alley and Swinging London for the purest pop nuggets he can dig up. The resplendent "Saturn and Co." sets the stage with a narrative concerning a typically idiosyncratic, Pritchard-ian protagonist who