Text: Dai Man

A great album is one that we want to completely immerse ourselves in, letting the whole experience wash over us without having to skip tracks, often referred to as fillers or ballads. Wait For Me is a great album. Hauntingly beautiful, not haunted and eerie, but spiritual and uplifting, it’s probably fair to say that this sensuous collection of songs is really music for grown ups. The reason 13 year olds buy CDs is because the 15 year olds singing them present an image of self, and often cheap catchy melodies. The reason that 33 year olds buy CDs is often because they can transport ourselves to another place and time, or because they can soothe our frayed nerves, calming us, inspiring us, propelling us up, up and away on some flight of fancy, or bringing us down, down deeply into the cushions or bed covers. Lyrically Wait For Me is emotional; Study War is a heart-felt anti-war song that would have fitted well into his award-winning 1999 CD Play. In fact Play is a good reference point because Wait For Me is just as good and deserves as much attention, though not much here is very radio friendly, it’s too mellow for the radio, but it’s not sleep inducing mellow, don’t let the chillout tag fool you, Wait For Me is uplifting, but also quiet and earthy. A number of collaborations with women I’ve never heard of all hark back to the Moby of Natural Blues era (again from Play). If like me you are many summers old, there is a high probability that you’ll find many reasons to enjoy Wait For Me.