Weathered People

None More Records present Weathered People, the second album on NMR from experimental singer-songwriter Joe Woodham. Building and evolving from his previous record Worldwide Weather, Weathered People was inspired by a continuing fascination with the weather and pondering on the effect it has on us collectively. The album explores themes of psychology, wellbeing, spirituality, geology and deep time whilst always trying to be grounded and rooted by nature.

Inspired by the space and depth of compositions by the likes of Brian Eno and Terry Riley mixed in alongside the vocal layering of Judee Sill, the groove of TNT-era Tortoise and the songwriting approach of John Marytn and Nick Drake, the album was recorded at Joe's home in Sussex and on location using a hybrid of analogue and digital recording.

Weathered People is an exercise in echoic memory. An anti-myopic dedication. Thoughts and ramblings from a 35-year-old father, husband, musician, amateur meteorologist and disillusioned heritage revivalist. It is an ancient assembly of selections and decisions that were told a long time ago they were born too late, like a Saxon offering to the marsh.