Songs of Alienation Pared to the Bone Richard Hawley ‘In This City They Call You Love ’ New Album Review Release Date 31 st May 2024 on BMG It took a few plays to appreciate the new Richard Hawley album, ‘In This City They Call You Love ’ which is released by BMG on 31 st May 2024. You'll need to be in a certain emotional state to get the most from this album. Initially it comes across as cruise-ship-lounge music, possibly to be played before the second sitting for dinner is called. In the round, this is a pleasant listening experience. By the close of the last track, you will have heard the singer-songwriter employ all his talents to good effect, as well as ghostly echoes of some of pop music's greatest male voices: Presley, Cash, Orbison. Hawley sets off with a wheel-spin screech of guitar, for the opening track and single cut For His Heels before recounting tales i...