Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 9/10
The great survivor of the Psychedelic Rock era, one of the true godfathers of guitar’s sweet embrace as a means of expression and conveyer of emotions, Robin Trower’s continual presence at the heart of the music is to be admired and celebrated, and the fact that he prodigiously focuses his attention on giving his audience his all is nothing short of fantastic, and one in which his new album, Come And Find Me, adds yet again a figure of respectable insight to the application of the art he is credited rightly as being one of the men responsibility for its accessibility.
It could be seen as addiction for the listener that a man, a musician of such distinction and virtuosity is still performing in an age when tastes and sensibilities could demand the fading out of such skilled artistry, and yet perhaps the title of the new album says it all; that Mr. Trower and many of his generation’s longevity and continued challenge is that audiences and the interested music fan will eventually turn to them because of the transitional roles they have achieved and the sheer scope of work they have placed down in history.
Come And Find Me is a Blues Rock masterpiece, emotional, resonating, fiercely demanding, and one that shows that age and surgery are not hinderances to the pleasure of the creative, indeed the energy of a tornado is unleashed, and the intricate nature of performance is seen to be colossal.
Across tracks such as I Would Lose My Mind, The Future Starts Right Here, the emotive Take This Hurt Away, and I Fly Straight To You, Robin Trower’s combative vision is eye opening, the listener is immediately embraced by the warmth of the music and the dedication of the detail.
That sense of the elusive wall of creative endings that so many artists dread seeing shows no sign of appearing, and whilst Mr. Trower speaks plainly of the fear of such an appearance, it is heartening, indeed inspiring to many, that such a moment in all honesty is highly unlikely; and in Come And Find Me what occurs is a majestic reassurance that Time is very much a companion, a comrade of the legendary musician who recognises the vitality and meaning of the man’s life’s work.
A resounding pleasure in welcoming yet another album in which to relish for the listener in all its glory.
Robin Trower releases Come And Find Me on May 16th via Provogue.
Ian D. Hall