Four (Acts of Love)

Description

Originally released in 2013, Mick Harvey’s studio album; ‘Four (Acts of Love), is a contemplation on romantic love – its loss, re-awakening, its tumultuous struggle and its place in our universe. The album is a song cycle, divided into three acts, featuring original compositions by Mick Harvey alongside a song by long time collaborator PJ Harvey (Glorious) and interpretations of The Saints’ ‘The Story of Love’, Van Morrison’s The Way Young Lovers Do’, Exuma’s ‘Summertime in New York and Roy Orbison’s ‘Wild Hearts (Run Out of Time)’. Recorded at Grace Lane, North Melbourne and Atlantis Sound, Melbourne, ‘Four (Acts of Love)’ features regular collaborators Rosie Westbrook on double bass and JP Shilo on guitar and violin.

Tracklisting

Disc 1
1. Praise the Earth (Wheels of Amber and Gold) – Mick Harvey
2. Glorious – Mick Harvey
3. Midnight On the Ramparts – Mick Harvey
4. Summertime in New York – Mick Harvey
5. Where There’s Smoke (Before) – Mick Harvey
6. God Made the Hammer – Mick Harvey
7. I Wish That I Were Stone – Mick Harvey
8. The Way Young Lovers Do – Mick Harvey
9. A Drop, an Ocean – Mick Harvey
10. The Story of Love – Mick Harvey
11. Where There’s Smoke (After) – Mick Harvey
12. Wild Hearts – Mick Harvey
13. Fairy Dust – Mick Harvey
14. Praise the Earth (An Ephemeral Play) – Mick Harvey