DESCRIPTION:
This cover version can be found on the collection album "Shadow Box" - https://smarturl.it/shadow-box

On Saturday 15th February 2014, Emily Barker & The Red Clay Halo played a sold out show in the prestigious Hall One at Kings Place as part of the Americana Music Association UK showcase. Early the next morning they went in to Mark Ronson's Zelig studios and set up to record direct to vinyl via a link through to Gearbox Records' incredible mastering suite next door.

The result was a limited edition 500 copies on 10" vinyl pressed at renowned vinyl manufacturer Optimal in Germany and released on Record Store Day 2014.

Emily writes about the song choice in the sleeve notes:
"I actually heard the Linda Thompson version of Day After Tomorrow before I heard Tom Waits’ original. Both are stunning, but it was Linda’s version from which we took inspiration to create our own. The lyrics on Dear River are all centered around understanding the meaning of ‘home.’ On the album, as well as telling my personal story of home, I also found myself telling the stories of others, one of which is my grandfather’s war story in a song called ‘Letters’, telling of his time in exile during WWII. One inevitability of war is displacement. Many people leave their homes and move to other countries in an attempt to leave behind the trauma of their experiences, as was the case with my Dutch grandparents; many flee in order to survive; many remain but their city or town perhaps changes beyond recognition. War effects our definition of home. ‘Day After Tomorrow’ is an anti-war song. The line “…what I miss you won’t believe, shovelling snow and raking leaves…”, kills me every time. So simple, yet so poignant in describing just how much this soldier is missing his home. Masterful songwriting by another who has informed and inspired my approach to writing songs."

Thanks to Matt Park for coming along to play pedal steel on this.

Filmed and edited by Kieran Short

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