David Berkeley - A Pail Full of Fire '2024

Tracks list

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)

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