Gav Fitzgerald: Another
Our illustrious editor and SSA stalwart Gavin Fitzgerald has come out with ‘ Another ’. Another what? Another album, named, ‘Another’! ‘Another’ follows on from his debut solo album ‘ Just ’ of 2008, the album that broke away from many years of playing and recording with his band, Velvet Road. ‘Just’ and ‘Another’ are in many ways a complementary pair of albums, not unlike the two Syd Barrett solo albums recorded after Barrett’s absconsion from Pink Floyd in the late 1960s. Compared to ‘Just’, ‘Another’ is stylistically more varied, and introduces to the mix a wider variety of guest musicians. On ‘Another’, James Englund makes a special guest star appearance on saxophone for a couple of tracks. Ross plays bass on most of the 16 tracks, with Marc Mittag playing bass on four songs and Gav on one. Backing vocals were shared by Megan Albany and Ross, who also adds some ukulele to one track. Peter Thompson adds djemb...