Unlimited Streaming
Listen to this album in high quality now on our apps
Start my trial period and start listening to this albumEnjoy this album on Qobuz apps with your subscription
SubscribeEnjoy this album on Qobuz apps with your subscription
Digital Download
Purchase and download this album in a wide variety of formats depending on your needs.
After debuting in 2011 with the evocative If..., a largely orchestral, all-instrumental set inspired by author Italo Calvino's 1979 post-modernist novel If on a Winter's Night a Traveler, former Coral guitarist Bill Ryder-Jones seemed poised to go the film score route, which he had shown interest in shortly after leaving his flagship band. Instead, he released the lovely A Bad Wind Blows in My Heart, an equally evocative, yet more traditional collection of songs that suggest what Nick Drake might have sounded like had he emerged in the early aughts instead of the late '60s. Measured, melancholy, and mysterious, Jones' debut as a singer/songwriter is as subtle as it is striking, skillfully marrying the sedate melancholy of Elliott Smith with the sly, darkly comic lyricism of the National. Recorded in his old childhood bedroom in his mother's house in Liverpool, A Bad Wind Blows in My Heart can feel a bit like an exorcism, and there's an extra shade of intimacy to stand-out cuts like the sad and sensual "Hanging Song," the wry, Luke Haines-inspired "You're Getting Like Your Sister," and the impossibly lonesome "There's a World Between Us," the latter of which is one of a few songs that threatens to break into Chris Isaak's "Wicked Game" at any moment, but it never feels like a self-absorbed, autobiographical bore, as Jones' is an enigmatic enough narrator and a gifted enough arranger that what initially seems like ephemera turns out to be surprisingly affecting.
© James Christopher Monger /TiVo
You are currently listening to samples.
Listen to over 100 million songs with an unlimited streaming plan.
Listen to this playlist and more than 100 million songs with our unlimited streaming plans.
From $10.83/month
Bill Ryder-Jones, Performer - Bill Ryder-Jones, Writer - Bill Ryder-Jones, Composer - Bill Ryder-Jones, Producer - James Ford, Mixer - Bill Ryder-Jones, Lyricist
2013 Domino Recording Co Ltd 2013 Domino Recording Co Ltd
Bill Ryder-Jones, Performer - Bill Ryder-Jones, Writer - Bill Ryder-Jones, Composer - Bill Ryder-Jones, Producer - James Ford, Mixer - Bill Ryder-Jones, Lyricist
2013 Domino Recording Co Ltd 2013 Domino Recording Co Ltd
Bill Ryder-Jones, Performer - Bill Ryder-Jones, Writer - Bill Ryder-Jones, Composer - Bill Ryder-Jones, Producer - James Ford, Mixer - Bill Ryder-Jones, Lyricist
2013 Domino Recording Co Ltd 2013 Domino Recording Co Ltd
Bill Ryder-Jones, Performer - Bill Ryder-Jones, Writer - Bill Ryder-Jones, Composer - Bill Ryder-Jones, Producer - James Ford, Mixer - Bill Ryder-Jones, Lyricist
2013 Domino Recording Co Ltd 2013 Domino Recording Co Ltd
Bill Ryder-Jones, Performer - Bill Ryder-Jones, Writer - Bill Ryder-Jones, Composer - Bill Ryder-Jones, Producer - James Ford, Mixer - Bill Ryder-Jones, Lyricist
2013 Domino Recording Co Ltd 2013 Domino Recording Co Ltd
Bill Ryder-Jones, Performer - Bill Ryder-Jones, Writer - Bill Ryder-Jones, Composer - Bill Ryder-Jones, Producer - James Ford, Mixer - Bill Ryder-Jones, Lyricist
2013 Domino Recording Co Ltd 2013 Domino Recording Co Ltd
Bill Ryder-Jones, Performer - Bill Ryder-Jones, Writer - Bill Ryder-Jones, Composer - Bill Ryder-Jones, Producer - James Ford, Mixer - Bill Ryder-Jones, Lyricist
2013 Domino Recording Co Ltd 2013 Domino Recording Co Ltd
Bill Ryder-Jones, Performer - Bill Ryder-Jones, Writer - Bill Ryder-Jones, Composer - Bill Ryder-Jones, Producer - James Ford, Mixer - Bill Ryder-Jones, Lyricist
2013 Domino Recording Co Ltd 2013 Domino Recording Co Ltd
Bill Ryder-Jones, Performer - Bill Ryder-Jones, Writer - Bill Ryder-Jones, Composer - Bill Ryder-Jones, Producer - James Ford, Mixer - Bill Ryder-Jones, Lyricist
2013 Domino Recording Co Ltd 2013 Domino Recording Co Ltd
Bill Ryder-Jones, Performer - Bill Ryder-Jones, Writer - Bill Ryder-Jones, Composer - Bill Ryder-Jones, Producer - James Ford, Mixer - Bill Ryder-Jones, Lyricist
2013 Domino Recording Co Ltd 2013 Domino Recording Co Ltd
Bill Ryder-Jones, Performer - Bill Ryder-Jones, Writer - Bill Ryder-Jones, Composer - Bill Ryder-Jones, Producer - James Ford, Mixer - Bill Ryder-Jones, Lyricist
2013 Domino Recording Co Ltd 2013 Domino Recording Co Ltd
Album review
After debuting in 2011 with the evocative If..., a largely orchestral, all-instrumental set inspired by author Italo Calvino's 1979 post-modernist novel If on a Winter's Night a Traveler, former Coral guitarist Bill Ryder-Jones seemed poised to go the film score route, which he had shown interest in shortly after leaving his flagship band. Instead, he released the lovely A Bad Wind Blows in My Heart, an equally evocative, yet more traditional collection of songs that suggest what Nick Drake might have sounded like had he emerged in the early aughts instead of the late '60s. Measured, melancholy, and mysterious, Jones' debut as a singer/songwriter is as subtle as it is striking, skillfully marrying the sedate melancholy of Elliott Smith with the sly, darkly comic lyricism of the National. Recorded in his old childhood bedroom in his mother's house in Liverpool, A Bad Wind Blows in My Heart can feel a bit like an exorcism, and there's an extra shade of intimacy to stand-out cuts like the sad and sensual "Hanging Song," the wry, Luke Haines-inspired "You're Getting Like Your Sister," and the impossibly lonesome "There's a World Between Us," the latter of which is one of a few songs that threatens to break into Chris Isaak's "Wicked Game" at any moment, but it never feels like a self-absorbed, autobiographical bore, as Jones' is an enigmatic enough narrator and a gifted enough arranger that what initially seems like ephemera turns out to be surprisingly affecting.
© James Christopher Monger /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 11 track(s)
- Total length: 00:48:00
- Main artists: Bill Ryder-Jones
- Composer: Bill Ryder-Jones
- Label: Domino Recording Co
- Genre: Pop/Rock Rock Alternative & Indie
2013 Domino Recording Co Ltd 2013 Domino Recording Co Ltd
Improve album information
Why buy on Qobuz?
-
Stream or download your music
Buy an album or an individual track. Or listen to our entire catalog with our high-quality unlimited streaming subscriptions.
-
Zero DRM
The downloaded files belong to you, without any usage limit. You can download them as many times as you like.
-
Choose the format best suited for you
Download your purchases in a wide variety of formats (FLAC, ALAC, WAV, AIFF...) depending on your needs.
-
Listen to your purchases on our apps
Download the Qobuz apps for smartphones, tablets, and computers, and listen to your purchases wherever you go.
