Bitter-Sweet

Independent shop in BallardDirections

Available from Light in the Attic Records when we last checked, in the last two days. Sold from the shop’s own store; the price there is the one that counts.

Drawing inspiration from the shadowy cabarets and smoky jazz halls of late‑1920s Weimar Berlin, Bitter-Sweet sees Bryan Ferry and His Orchestra reimagining his solo and Roxy Music catalogue with a sophisticated jazz sensibility. The album features elegant horn and woodwind arrangements, muted trumpet, clarinet flourishes, and a mood of urbane melancholy, transforming classics like “Alphaville,” “Reason or Rhyme,” and “While My Heart Is Still Beating.” Ferry himself provides select vocals on eigh