Voyager: – Current Joys [CD]

Current Joys – the project of Nick Rattigan, releases his seventh album. ‘Voyager’ rattles with the live-wire feeling that’s thrummed through all of Rattigan’s previous releases: quavering, scream-itself-hoarse vocals and self-interrogation via song. But here, that bristling, sentimental rock ‘n’ roll cacophony is overlaid with a soundtrack orchestra guiding it along. It’s an odyssey, a grand-sounding journey of self-discovery spread across sixteen tracks. Part ekphrasis, part personal, it’s Rattigan learning new ways to understand his own feelings and identity while inspired by the highly-stylized, striking storytelling of filmmakers like Alfred Hitchcock, Lars Von Trier, Terrence Malick, Agnès Varda, and Andrei Tarkovsky.

Disc 1
1. Dancer in the Dark – Current Joys
2. American Honey – Current Joys
3. Naked – Current Joys
4. Altered States – Current Joys
5. Breaking the Waves – Current Joys
6. Big Star – Current Joys
7. Amateur – Current Joys
8. Rebecca – Current Joys
9. Shivers – Current Joys
10. Something Real – Current Joys
11. Money Making Machine – Current Joys
12. Voyager Pt. 1 – Current Joys
13. Calypso – Current Joys
14. The Spirit Or the Curse – Current Joys
15. Vagabond – Current Joys
16. Voyager Pt. 2 – Current Joys