George Ezra – Staying At Tamara’s (Vinyl LP)

Three years after the release of his 4x platinum No. 1 album Wanted On Voyage, English singer/songwriter George Ezra returns with a collection of songs written, created and inspired by his travels: from a pig farm in Norfolk and a former cornflour shed in Kent to a converted cow shed in north Wales and an Airbnb in Barcelona owned by the Tamara of the album’s title. The result is a finger snapping, brass-blaring, wind in the hair album that shines with positivity and encouragement, alongside moments of more subdued reflection. Lyrically and creatively, Britpop-esque opener “Pretty Shining People” sets the tone for the rest of the songs on an album that is winningly tuneful and powerfully uplifting in any language.

1. Pretty Shining People
2. Don’t Matter Now
3. Get Away
4. Shotgun
5. Paradise
6. All My Love
7. Sugarcoat
8. Hold My Girl
9. Saviour (feat. First Aid Kit)
10. Only A Human
11. The Beautiful Dream