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Andy Shauf – Norm

  • Martyn Young
  • February 10, 2023

Label: ANTI- 
Released: 10th February 2023


Andy Shauf’s ‘Norm’ is an immaculately-crafted and delicate collection of soft, lilting songs from a songwriter who excels in the gentle and understated – its quiet charms unveiling themselves with repeated listens. 

‘Norm’ is the Canadian singer-songwriter’s eighth album and it’s clear that longevity is down to both his ability as a nimble storyteller and musical dexterity as he self-produces and self-records the whole thing, from guitar to piano to copious amounts of woodwind instruments, Shauf is something of a mini-musical genius. The kind of person who can pick up any skill with ease.

Despite the impressive musical skill on show, though, there’s a sleepy quality to much of the album which makes it undoubtedly pretty but very much a record for those soft chill-out vibes on a cold night – but y’know what, we can all do with a bit of that on a bleak winter night. Lovely stuff.

Martyn Young
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