Arthur Russell - Love Is Overtaking Me (Vinyl) spellling It carries on the contemplative

It carries on the contemplative tone that characterised much of Let Go with tracks of heartrending beauty

for the very simple reason that he gets excited about wanting to "hear this record

I'm about to release a new album of piano based songs called "Offsider"

are a snapshot of our earliest incarnation: flying blind

but the concluding track "Hope" follows it with a life-affirming

Arthur Russell - Love Is Overtaking Me (Vinyl) spellling It carries on the contemplativeLove Is Overtaking Me, originally released in 2008 comprises 21 demos and home recordings of unreleased pop, folk and country songs from Arthurs vast catalogue. While much critical and popular affection for Russells music has come about well after his untimely death from AIDS in 1992, many fellow artists believed in his genius and were drawn to collaborate with him during his lifetime. The legendary producer John Hammond (Billie Holiday, Bob Dylan,