Patrick Briscoe

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Member Since: 01/09/2005
Band Website: http://www.patrickbriscoe.com
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Patrick Briscoe - Colours Will Fly (Cypress Grove)
"An understated gem of an album from a Manchester solo artist...dense and idiosyncratic guitar-picking. Briscoe is very much his own man... The guitar work is particularly striking, using non standard tunings, strange harmonies and mesmeric harp-like patterns of melody."
Paul Taylor. Manchester Evening News

"There's something in Briscoe's deeply melancholic timbre that recalls Talk Talk's Mark Hollis, and his penchant for building songs slowly rather than attacking a chorus is something to be treasured. ... his style as his lyrics are so informed by nature and the elements, you're aware that there are powerful forces guiding him."
Lianne Steinberg. The Big Issue

"...(Colours Will Fly) is an intimate and personal affair. The sparsity of arrangements, accomplished fingerstyle playing and lamenting vocals bring to mind Nick Drake and Martyn Joseph, while the addition of sad violin lines in several songs add a real beauty."
Martyn Casserly. Acoustic Magazine

"On "Scars And Mountains" his light picks are bolstered by an almost orchestral twang and strum of accompanying strings. "Another Country" is both beautiful and quite masculine in equal measures with its string accompaniment and "Portrait Of England" is a folk song in the truest sense, evoking nationalistic pride and the lost rural and industrialised England of yesteryear - a highlight. "Colours Will Fly" is both breathtaking and full of heartfelt intentions, informed by wonderful guitar playing and Briscoe's soothing narrative."
J.A. Manchester Music

"Raising the banner for Manchester folk...clean sounds, austere beauty, quiet reflection, stoic. The acoustic guitar as a machine to produce lyrical music like a restrained Fahey....due regard to tradition, own identity, no slave to genre."
David Cowling. Americana-UK

"...a Jackson Pollock approach to the guitar. There's a surfeit of ideas thrown down and against the odds a melody emerges. Proof of how good songwriting will always win the day. He's a romantic, a realist and a rare talent."
David Kushar. Spiralearth.co.uk

"It is difficult to understand why at the point of the release of his second album, Briscoe is still largely an unknown. His talent is surely deserving of much wider recognition, and given the quality of 'Colours Will Fly,' perhaps this album could be the catalyst which ensures this is forthcoming."
Brian Raghoobur Is This Music?

"("Colours Will Fly") enjoys a technical ability that needs to be asked no questions, yet it's the refined lyrics which draw out the full worth... Lyrics that strike a chord with their universally touching appeal, .. intoned vocals that calm and swell in nature,.. the lone guitar rings out not missing accompaniment...,packed with the type of delicate strokes that add a wealth to the English acoustic-folk scene.
Nick Guy This is Fake DIY

"..reviews of "Colours Will Fly" by Patrick Briscoe drops Nick Drake, which for me is far too lazy. Briscoe is a very different creature and has come armed with a very accomplished long player."Colours Will Fly" locates a space vacated by Jose Gonzales .. and the quiet reverie of Fred Neil and Bert Jansch. Where many modern folk singers try to emulate the sounds of Island Pink and the like, it would seem that Briscoe is brave enough to make something that is very modern. What I mean is that Briscoe has made an album that is comfortable in its own skin. This album resides in smoky rooftops and rainy cobbles. It's great to hear an artist proudly... but quietly... singing for the North."
Mof Gimmers Electric Roulette

Briscoe is just as skilled as Drake at the acoustic guitar and sometimes matches him for verse. "Portrait of England" is a beautiful Larkin like reverie and "Just Drifting" is a charming song of beautiful simplicity.
Manjo About the Music

Scars and Mountains
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Record Label: Cypress Grove
Type of Label: Indie