Pete Berwick's Latest, Island

I got an early Christmas present this year, an advance copy of Pete Berwick’s latest album, Island.  If you are at all familiar with Pete (and I would think that most people that follow this page would be) then conventional is not a term that I think any of us would ever associate with him, and Island continues that trend.

To say that this is “country” or “rock” or any other genre would be misleading at the very least, Berwick’s music doesn’t fit into any of those molds and instead breaks all of them. Island is the latest of what might be called his natural progression, beginning with Only Bleeding, through the nastyness of the music industry that became Ain’t No Train Outta Nashville, the brute honesty of Just Another Day In Hell, which continued with Give it Time, and started to see things a little differently with The Legend of Tyler Doohan.

When I listen to Island I’m hearing what I consider the best of Pete Berwick, who is now at the part of his musical journey where he is comfortable with where he is right now, musically as well as personally. When you listen to his past albums before listening to this one, you really feel as though you’ve followed someone going full circle, and are glad you followed his journey with him.

Grab it now, you won’t regret it.

https://peteberwick1.bandcamp.com/album/island