Country Life: SHM-CD Mulatu Astatke On its initial release

On its initial release

“It was more a case of getting the songs as tightly written and arranged as possible first so we could get them down quickly in the studio

the album’s overall lyrical arc is of navigating one’s path from fear and unknowing towards light and comfort

Off The Hook

Country Life: SHM-CD Mulatu Astatke On its initial releaseThe first Roxy album to break the US Top 40 demonstrated that, four records in, the band were every bit as hungry, audacious and pioneering as on their debut two years earlier. Opening with the urgent, propulsive The Thrill Of It All, Country Life effortlessly embraces avant garde song structures, touching ballads, English nostalgia, visceral hard rock, European influences and even medieval Christian references without skipping a beat. The resulting