This week's PBS Feature Album is Paper Can't Wrap Fire, the third album by Naarm/Melbourne multi-instrumentalist Don Glori.
The project is a kaleidoscopic odyssey that brings together the worlds of jazz, soul and funk. Steering in a new direction, Don Glori (aka Gordan Li) delves headfirst into his songwriting, deftly showcasing his talents as a writer and bandleader. The album’s title is an old Chinese proverb, roughly translating to 'you can’t deny the truth'. This underlying thread of meaning is woven between each track. “A lot of them are in someway about truth-seeking, observations and the masks you put on to deal with life (hence the cover art)”, Don expresses.
Paper Can't Wrap Fire is a sonic and conceptual journey infused with a glistening jazz finesse, layered with nourishing vocal harmonies, and powered by an instantly relatable human soul.
Recorded over two hot summer days in Rolling Stock Studios in Collingwood, Naarm/Melbourne, the lineup of musicians is built up of Don's friends and family. Featuring the backbone team of Tim Cox, Al Kennedy, Joel Trigg, Robyn Cummins and Lachlan Thompson, who were part of Don's touring band before he relocated to London, and a stunning selection of vocalists.
Tune in all this week to hear tracks from Paper Can't Wrap Fire and PBS Members have the chance to win a copy of the album on vinyl: simply email your name and membership number to giveaways@pbsfm.org.au before midnight Sunday June 15.
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TOP TRACKS WE'RE LOVING THIS WEEK
Bumpy - 'Maambakoort'
Domini Forster - 'Magnolia'
ganavya - 'Land'
Cong Josie & Garry Sacred - 'I'll Be Gone'
Drifting Clouds - 'Bawuypawuy'
Azu Tiwaline & Cinna Peyghamy - 'Chrome Fever'
Pugilist & Forest Drive West - 'Polygon'
LSS - 'Informatica'
SPAWN - 'Ascension'
Cate Le Bon - 'Heaven Is No Feeling'
