Richard Tripps - Between The Morning (2024)

Fans of Richard Tripps’ self-titled debut LP from last year will have to take some time to get used to the demo-like lo-fi tape sound of his sophomore album Between The Morning. Inspired by the work of White Fence, The Velvet Underground and The Range of Light Wilderness, the California singer-songwriter/multi instrumentalist wrote and performed ten new songs that are more rudimentary and less polished, somewhat reminiscent of The Vaselines and The Clean. This is folky indie pop/rock with relatable lyrics and an intimate feeling, as if you are witnessing it live – largely subdued and straightforward, but with the occasional more experimental parts in the background.

Perpetual Doom and Plume Records are proud to present 'Between The Morning' the sophomore full-length album from Richard Tripps.

"I recorded this album on my 4-track tape recorder in my tent cabin down by the river in Big Sur, CA. Before this record I've only used the 4-track for demos, but I was listening to a lot of The Range of Light Wilderness(who recorded their first record in their cabin in Big Sur), early Oh Sees, and White Fence records, early reggae, and The Velvet Underground, so I was really inspired by the lo-fi tape sound. I recorded the first song on the album 'Blue Eyed Open Sky' which was intended to be just a demo, but I liked the sound of it so much that I decided to do the rest of the record that way. I wanted this record to capture the feeling of the place I was at, and I feel like it does. A lot of the lyrical content comes from living, working, meeting new people, and adjusting to a new place and way of life.

I played all of the parts on the album except for the songs 'Open Window' which had members of my band Matt Nice and Blake Kennedy playing bass, drums, casiotone, and bellzouki guitar, and the title track ‘Between the Morning’ which had Matt Nice on flute. Nich Wilbur (who engineered my last album) mastered this one." - Richard Tripps.

After a few listens, this record gets under your skin just as much as the year-end list-worthy previous one.