If someone calls their new album Renascent, there must be some significance to it. For me, the significance lies in the fact that Vini Reilly has returned to the scene after a long hiatus. After suffering a minor stroke 15 years ago, playing the guitar no longer came as easily or as fluidly to him as it had before.
Enough has been written here and elsewhere in the blogosphere about the significance and influence of Durutti Column. Although only one track from his album, due out next month, has been released, he has remained true to his music without repeating himself or becoming boring. Here too, Vini blends delicate guitar playing with ambient sounds and piano to create an extraordinary, atmospheric sound in which his voice is not superimposed on the music, but rather woven into it. In the text, he reduces interpersonal relationships to just two three-word phrases: ‘I love you’ and ‘I’m sorry’. Hats off to him.
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