ND seems to have attracted a few followers from being slightly ambiguous and morose in his music, and then dying young. I'm not slamming his music or anything, but it kind of seems like a number of people get into him before they even hear a note of one of his songs because they like his mystique or backstory or something.
I prefer to listen to this album just taking the music on its own merits.
In the past when I've listened to ND (I keep wanting to refer to him as Drake but... y'know) I haven't been overly impressed, but this time it turns out I quite enjoyed this album. It's delicate and nicely orchestrated. Sparse in places and lush in others to match what the songs need.
Apparently the album features contributions from folkies from the Fairport Convention and The Pentangle but feels somewhat grounded in a hippy pop sensibility. "Fruit Tree" is probably my favourite of these tracks.
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