Five years in the making John Murry’s solo debut, The Graceless Age is world’s away from the startling World Without End, an album of murder ballads and gloom laden tales he released with Bob Franks in 2006. With a warm and at times lush sound the music is in stark contrast to the pessimism and grim acceptance of fate contained in the lyrics.

Produced by Tim Mooney the news of his tragic and untimely death just as the album was released cast a dark shadow on what should ultimately be seen as a triumph and a tribute to Mooney’s perserverence with the occasionally tempestuous Murry. As it stands The Graceless Age is a fitting memorial to Mooney and Murry’s best work to date.