Review - Michael Fix "The Heart Has Reasons"
on ABC Music through
EMI Records
As it turns out, Michael Fix has been a
contributor to Gee Fry's radio program, including "Musicians of the West"
with a couple of independant CDs prior to his signing to ABC and moving to
Brisbane.
But his time with local folk-heroes Hat Trick was
obviously a side-line, or the foundation for the man who has been described as
the finest acoustic guitarist in the country. His third album "The Heart Has Reasons", his ABC Music debut, is a
quietly ambient collection of self-penned tunes suited to the quiet coffee
houses in the Blue Mountains and other times and places when only a quiet
guitar will do!
And just after writing that, the pace
changed dramatically with Dancing On Thin
Ice, more lively and up-tempo with a bit of percussive and flautistic
assistance. The feel of the album changes not!
Michael
describes each of the tracks according to how he felt when he wrote them or who
they're about. There are no stand-out tracks on the album, except for the
aforementioned flighty and catchy Dancing
On Thin Ice and the single Restless
which sounds very Tommy-&-Phil and
harks back to the old Hat Trick days. The
rest of the tunes meld together to create a beautiful musical soundscape to
which to either sit and relax or enjoy good company with.
Michael Fix
"The Heart Has Reasons" on ABC Music through EMI Records: «««