PAUL KELLY AND THE MESSENGERS - So Much Water So Close To Home LP prog paranoia parading as introspection (“Energy”)

paranoia parading as introspection (“Energy”) and a neat reduction of life in Trump’s America

but the album remains tight and cohesive

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PAUL KELLY AND THE MESSENGERS - So Much Water So Close To Home LP prog paranoia parading as introspection (“Energy”)While not as elaborate as most of his albums, So Much Water contains plenty of bouncy melodies and energetic riffs to compensate for the lyrical complexity usually spun by Kelly. The songs are still of the story type, but are shorter and less character driven than on past attempts. Two of Paul Kelly's best written tunes are nestled in amongst the others here, one of them being "Everything's Turning to White," a tale about three hunters who find a dead