Richard Thompson with Zara Phillips - Bloody Noses Release - Home Concert, Montchair, NJ, 7-5-2020

Early in July 2020, Richard Thompson released an EP of six new songs called "Bloody Noses." It's been a very low-profile release, done digitally only for now. I could hardly find any reviews of it on the Internet. That said, it's excellent. All the songs seem timeless, like they could have been written and released at any point in his long career. All of them are also done in solo acoustic format, no doubt due to logistical difficulties during the coronavirus pandemic.

To celebrate and promote the EP, Thompson did this home concert with his romantic and musical partner Zara Phillips. The first six songs played are the six songs from the EP. Then he played one old song ("Lucky in Life, Unlucky in Love"). He finished off with "When the Saints Rise Out of Their Graves," which is a song he hasn't released yet. He explained that he's saving it for the next album he does with a band, since he wants to flesh out the sound for it.

So you effectively get all the songs from the new EP, plus one more new one! Thompson joked that he was deliberately making a mistake while playing each song to encourage people to buy the EP. But seriously, after you give this a listen, please do consider buying the EP. Since he can't go out on tour, he needs to make some money in some other way.

In terms of sound quality, this album sounds just fine. Thompson has gotten over the sound quality issues that marred his first couple of 2020 home concerts. The album is 42 minutes long.

01 talk (Richard Thompson)
02 As Soon as You Hear the Bell (Richard Thompson)
03 talk (Richard Thompson)
04 She's a Hard Girl to Know (Richard Thompson)
05 talk (Richard Thompson)
06 If I Could Live My Life Again (Richard Thompson)
07 talk (Richard Thompson)
08 The Fortress (Richard Thompson with Zara Phillips)
09 talk (Richard Thompson with Zara Phillips)
10 Survivor (Richard Thompson with Zara Phillips)
11 talk (Richard Thompson with Zara Phillips)
12 What's Up with You (Richard Thompson with Zara Phillips)
13 talk (Richard Thompson with Zara Phillips)
14 Lucky in Life, Unlucky in Love (Richard Thompson with Zara Phillips)
15 talk (Richard Thompson with Zara Phillips)
16 When the Saints Rise Out of Their Graves (Richard Thompson with Zara Phillips)
17 talk (Richard Thompson with Zara Phillips)

https://www.upload.ee/files/15271252/RichrdT_2020f_BloodyNsesReleaseHomeConcrtMontclairNJ__7-5-2020_atse.zip.html

The album cover art is a screenshot from the exact home concert in question.