Album · Captured Tracks · out 2026.10.30
Fairweather Friend
Sam Burton
XLR rating
—Out of 10 · awaiting a listen by the desk
Press score
—Not collected yet · the reviews we read are linked below
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Tracklist
- 01Fairweather FriendSGR
- 02After Days Slip AwaySGR
- 03I’m a StrangerSGR
- 04Lilac ManSGR
- 05Tomorrow Takes a Dream to FindSGR
- 06Picture PeopleSGR
- 07Before WakingSGR
- 08Free AgainSGR
- 09Light Gone AwaySGR
- 10Start OverSGR
- 11Do You Still Know Your ManSGR
11 tracks, 41 minutes · Titles and lengths from MusicBrainz ↗ (CC0), checked 2026.10.28 · tracks: Skip · Good · On repeat, by the desk, after listening
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What the press said
- 10.28Sam Burton’s Fairweather Friend proves that an old trick done well is better than ten new onesThe Line of Best Fit ↗
Unfailingly downcast but also resolute, Sam Burton's third album combines deep reflections on solitariness with lyrics of, at times, almost haiku-like sparseness.
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