Vashti Bunyan
Another Diamond Day

THE REVIEW

A collection of enchanting songs from far-off 1970: produced by Joe Boyd and arranged by Robert Kirby, the team that during that time was also working with Nick Drake.

When this work was released, it sold a handful of copies, and the young Vashti put an end to her musical adventure. But the precious melodies contained in this album, a sort of lullabies inspired by English folk, were somehow preserved and awaited the third millennium to be rediscovered by an ever-growing number of admirers.

The feeling of peace, of a happy and frugal world, made up of a few shining things of unusual beauty, incomprehensible yet genuinely livable, which one experiences while listening to this enchanting gem, results from a journey to Scotland undertaken by the singer with a friend, traveling on a horse-drawn cart, in search of a wonderful island indicated by Donovan. As if weapons were far from the mind, we far from competition, letting go of self-assertion.

Unwritten poems, passed down by a voice that recalls the sweet whisper of your mother, the only love you've ever truly known, because by the law of nature, they tell you that the diamond day shines every time ("Diamond Day") and precious continues to suggest the hours. "Winter Is Blue" and it's beautiful to lose yourself in the other to awaken in spring, but everything can change dimension because "I'd Like To Walk Around Your Mind" and the storm will last ("Come Wind Come Rain") until something surpasses it in wonder ("Rainbow River"). And sheltering doesn't necessarily mean waiting, but staying close, staying safe, and exchanging breath.

So let's wait to shelter together and share the bread, which is good even with just oil and a little salt, and if the day is over, in the dark your eyes will shine, and that's all I want, all I need, the only light that can truly illuminate me.