THE SIGNIFICANCE OF PEACHES (IVORY VINYL)

After a five-year hiatus encompassing the birth of a son, a third coast to west coast and back to the third coast move, and an ongoing global pandemic Chris Bathgate returns with a?'The Significance of Peaches. On this, his 6th full-length album, the NPR & BBC-lauded artist is found ruminating on time spent living in the National Forests of Michigan while homeless, his emergence into fatherhood, and yes, the significance a certain stone fruit has played throughout his life. Sonically, a?'The Significance of Peaches leans heavily on the structural support of parlor organ and Bathgates signature multi-tracked percussion surprisingly sparse use of guitar and strings sheathed in the middle - his haunted vocals and perching atop it all.