If you heard and enjoyed Spencer Cullum's fine 2021 album Spencer Cullum's Coin Collection then you won't want to miss its follow up, wait for it, Spencer Cullum's Coin Collection 2.
It's a paen to eccentricity. Individuality. Unmistakably English though Spencer now lives in Nashville. I wonder if he wears a stetson. He's directly in a line that goes back to Ian Dury, Kevin Ayers, Robert Wyatt, Marc Bolan, Syd Barrett and David Bowie and is relentlessly intent on finding reasons to be cheerful.
There are plenty here. Ventures into Portuguese. Lots of sunshine. You can tell almost immediately that Spencer has listened to plenty, but the fact that he's relocated to Nashville attests to his drive to become his own man.
Coin Collection 2 is a treasure trove of small moments that accumulate to half an hour of listening pleasure. This is niche but would find a happy home in any collection that already houses Hunky Dory, Rock Bottom or Whatevershebringswesing.
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