Album Review: Once Upon A Little Time by John Parish

On his third solo outing, producer and guitarist John Parish pares everything down, down, down. Space and texture dominate Once Upon a Little Time. Using a quartet that includes bassist/vocalist Giorgia Poli, keyboardist and vocalist Marta Collica, and drummer Jean-Marc Butty (who played with Parish in PJ Harvey's To Bring You My Love band), and a host of selectively used guests including Adrian Utley, Hugo Race, and Jeremy Hogg, Parish creates a tapestry of 12 small, tender, sometimes angular and melancholy songs, all of which have sharp teeth.

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