Ex Tempore
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- Ex Tempore
- 歌手：Johnny Irion
- 语种：英语
- 时间：2007年08月
- 公司：Fol Rock
Some records are made out of obligation; others are motivated by sheer desire. Ex Tempore (Rte. Eight/RCAM, street date August 7, 2007), the new album from writer/artist Johnny Irion, falls into the latter category.
The title was inspired by the rapid pace of its creation—a pace that undoubtedly contributed to the immediacy of this song cycle, a varied yet cohesive collection intermingling piano balladry, Americana, chamber pop and folk-style fingerpicking, with the occasional blast of skronky rock to clear the air.
These songs are suffused with artistic aspiration, but at the same time, Irion sounds very much like a guy whose first priority is to put food on the table, which is indeed the case; the couple is expecting a second child in August, right around Olivia’s fifth birthday. There’s a palpable sense of life being lived—its ups, its downs, its everyday rhythms—in every note and measure of Ex Tempore; you couldn’t ask more than that from a record..