Lyttleton's The Sitting Room once again provides the backdrop (as in location) for yet another top rate Kiwi recording session.
Tim Stewart and Nick Atkinson make up Auckland's Hopetoun Brown, taking a break from their usual day jobs as members of Supergroove.
Their name, by the way, is a recognition
of their childhood growing up in Ponsonby around Hopetoun Street.
The most notable aspect of Tim and Nick's sound is in the instruments they play. Where else will you find a combo based on trumpet and bass clarinet?
There are strong rhythms and melodies across this album, most of them channelled by Nick Atkinson's bass clarinet with trumpet counterpoints and vocals by Tim Stewart.
