Lives Outgrown

by Beth Gibbons

Type: Album
Released: 17 May 2024
Label: Domino
Country: United Kingdom
Length: 45:53
Community rating: 4.27/5 from 31 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

On her solo debut 'Lives Outgrown', Beth Gibbons, alongside producers James Ford and Lee Harris, crafts a sound rooted in experimental chamber folk and orchestral textures. The intricate, and at times unconventional, arrangements provide a stark backdrop for her intimate vocal delivery and deeply personal lyrics, which explore themes of mortality, aging, and loss with a mournful yet captivating tone.

Genres

Chamber Folk

Descriptors: atmospheric, orchestral, funereal, minimal, tense, folk, acoustic, confessional, strings

Tracklist

Credits

Beth Gibbons - vocals, backing vocals, acoustic guitar, guitar, vocoder, production, mixing, additional engineering, string arrangement, woodwind arrangement, Primary Artist, Written-By, Arranged By [Strings And Woodwind Arranged By], Arranged By [String Arrangement]
Lee Harris - drums, percussion, daf, mellotron, whistle, field recordings, additional production, additional engineering, string arrangement, woodwind arrangement, brass arrangement, Daf [Daff], Written-By, Written-By [Strings, Woodwind And Brass Arranged By], Woodwind And Brass Written By], Field Recording [Field Recordings]
James Ford - vibraphone, double bass, piano, harmonium, backing vocals, mellotron, spoons, cello, percussion, bass, acoustic guitar, baritone guitar, flute, recorders, hammond organ, hammered dulcimer, drums, pedal steel, farfisa, dulcimer, electric guitars, solina, additional drums, bass clarinet, feedback, guitars, chinese lute, synth piano, marching snare, trumpet, trombone, bowed saw, ebow dulcimer, violin drones, acoustic bass, 12-string acoustic guitar, resonator guitars, fuzz flute, violin, singing tubes, toms, production, mixing, engineering, string arrangement, woodwind arrangement, brass arrangement, Spoons [Piano Spoons], Written-By [Strings, Woodwind And Brass Arranged By], Bass [Basses], Electric Organ [Hammond Organ], Recorder [Recorders], Pedal Steel Guitar [Pedal Steel], Arranged By [Strings And Woodwind Arranged By], Electric Organ [Farfisa], Acoustic Guitar [Acoustic Guitars], Electric Guitar [Electric Guitars], Synth [Solina], Electric Organ [Hammond], Drums [Additional Drums], Arranged By [String Arrangement], Guitar [Feedback], Percussion [Chinese Jute], Guitar [Guitars], Synth [Synth Piano], Snare [Marching Snare], Saw [Bowed Saw], Dulcimer [EBow Dulcimer], Twelve-String Guitar [12-string Guitar], Resonator Guitar, Violin [Violin Drones], Electric Guitar, Flute [Fuzz Flute], Performer [Singing Tubes], Tom Tom [Toms]
Orchestrate - strings, woodwinds, brass, Woodwind
Senab Adekunle - backing vocals
Gracie - backing vocals, instrumental ooh/hum, Voice [Instrumental Ooh/Hum]
Herbie - backing vocals
Roe - backing vocals
Raven Bush - violin, viola, baritone viola, violin solo, Viola [Baritone Viola], Soloist [Violin Solo]
William Rees - noise guitar, Guitar [Noise Guitar]
Robbie McIntosh - acoustic guitar
Howard Jacobs - bass saxophone, tenor saxophone, clarinets, percussion, frame drum, mizmar, Bass Saxophone [Bass Sax], Tenor Saxophone [Tenor Sax], Clarinet [Clarinets]
Matt Colton - mastering
Matt Jaggar - orchestra engineering
Jimmy Robertson - additional engineering
Tom Leach - additional engineering
Billy Foster - additional engineering
George Chung - orchestra engineering assistance
Bridget Samuels - string arrangement, woodwind arrangement, brass arrangement, Written-By [Strings, Woodwind And Brass Arranged By], Arranged By [Strings And Woodwind Arranged By]
Netsi Habel - photography, cover photo
Matthew Cooper - design
Roo - Backing Vocals