Justin Currie - The Great War
Friday, March 12, 2010 at 10:02AM 
The former frontman and chief songwriter for beloved Scottish pop/rockers Del Amitri -- best known for the two-minute '95 hit "Roll To Me" -- Justin Currie returns May 4 with his second solo album The Great War (Ryko). The follow up to 2007's wonderful What Is Love For, Currie's new project again skillfully wields the sharp, sweet and edgy hook as the most effective of tools, bringing his incisive wordplay into tight focus with melodies that sometimes seem just too good to be true. You know you're in the presence of a naturally gifted writer when the craft of complex song construction can be made to sound so effortless. States MOJO: "Saying Currie knows how to craft a songs is like saying that Carravaggio knows how to paint."
"Lyrically, more often than not, I seem to gravitate towards the ambiguity of feelings, the struggle with motivations and doubt in relationships, self-loathing and disappointment, but with a scintilla of hope, or at least catharsis," says Currie. "As a songwriter, I use melody to make all of this less maudlin, hopefully, and to create tension." The Great War includes brilliant lead single "A Man With Nothing to Do" along with the wide-screen "The Fight to Be Human" and the gorgeous, orchestrated "The Way That It Falls", a song that packs endless melodic twists and turns into less than three minutes of pure aural bliss. Highly recommended.
Justin Currie - "The Way That It Falls" (from The Great War)
Justin Currie - "In My Heart, The War Goes On" (bonus track from The Great War)
Photo Credits: Kenny Laurenson
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Fanastic tracks from Justin as usual! Cant weait for the new album