Six Ways From Sunday is the debut solo album by Paul Lush who is better known as part of Danny & The Champions Of The World and Alan Tyler's solo band, as well as being the main man behind Araluen whose excellent album And there It Is came out at the start of 2021. Paul is based these days in the UK but is originally from New South Wales Australia.
His band for this album is similar to Araluen and features Alan Gregg, Sean Reed, Steve Brook, Henry Senior and Danny Wilson. The album was recorded at Famous Times and produced by Sean Reed.
The album opens to the redolent sounds of Don't Tell Me That Now that re-purposes an old Dylan tune with new lyrics about something an old friend tells Paul that causes his jaw to hit the floor, gently evocative and carefully produced, as he would still rather have not heard that from you.
Ever At A Loss is plangent country blue grass inflected thoughts, on friendship and the ever present offer, that if your Ever At A loss you can call Paul up and go and have a couple of drinks with him, despite whatever went wrong between you.
You Could Have At Least Said Something is full of bitter regrets at the things left unsaid, over the slow countrified blues backing with lots of detail in the production, with as you might expect a stellar guitar solo.
Philip You Need To Hear this is Paul telling a friend that his other half has gone over the side, she's playing away from home, he hopes Philip can see what’s been going on, as the woozy backing seems far too relaxed for the tale being told in the lyrics, but that might be Paul trying not to mention how he knows she's been playing away. He is begging pleading to be allowed to be there for that special lady, all she has to do is call or throw a wink his way, the backing is super sparse with nice harmony backing vocals from Sean Reed and Danny Wilson.
In A Heartbeat is a gently enticing country rocker that begs and pleads to have his favorite girl backing his arms once more, no matter what cards fate's cruel hand has dealt him, Rodney Crowell's influence in some of the lyrics is clear.
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As It Stands Soft Pedalling is for those feelings you get when you know the dirty has been done on you and your ready to move on once more.
You Just Know When You Know that it's as good as done and she's found someone else less flighty than you, this is an old-fashioned country heartbreaker with a blue grass inflected stroll through all the cheating and heartbreak, as it's all gone wrong, you might still have some great lovemaking sessions, but it's just for old times sake.
No One Comes Out Of This Looking Good tells you all you need to know about the bitter heartbreak and regret at the heart of this song and album.
For What it's Worth keeps the basic theme of the album of betrayal and domestic despair, no matter how much he wishes you were still lighting up his life.
The album closes with Trail Of Tears that isn't about the desperate destruction of the Cherokee nation along the Trail Of Tears that Europe sing about. This is more about the loss of your mother with families being split apart by Native affairs in Australia, set against a lush slide guitar and gently strummed acoustic to bring a tear to the eye.
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