In prav v Sloveniji je ta vplivni glasbenik začel snemati solistične albume. Ploščo The Land We Knew the Best, ki je nastajala nekaj let, so v priznani glasbeni reviji Uncut razglasili za »album meseca« ter zapisali, da gre za izjemno stvaritev. "Vpliv recenzije se že pozna. Takoj po objavi sem dobil povabilo za nastop v Londonu, kjer že dolgo nisem nastopal," je v pogovoru za portal SIGIC presenetljiv dosežek komentiral Chris Eckman.

Iskrenost in neposrednost sta karti, na katere je stavil tudi v tokratni, vse prej kot običajni rubriki Pesem tedna.

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Chris Eckman 'Genevieve' (Official Video)

GENEVIEVE

Wars are won
By those who quit
And leave dead dreams behind
And chores get done
When one forgets
How the time is ticking by
Genevieve come home
Walk across this stoop
Walk across this springtime floor
Genevieve come home
I’ve been taking care
Finally got my act together
We were betrayed
By common sense
The wild chance we never got
Hide nor hair
An empty nest
So much politeness,
Gone amok
Genevieve come home
Walk across this stoop
Walk across this summer floor
Genevieve come home
I baked your favorite bread
It’s true this river, yearns to flow
That ancient trail
Past the rock slide
I walked it just the other day
Bowlin’ over
This highland rover
The heart,
The land
We knew the best
Genevieve come home
Walk across this stoop
Walk across this autumn floor
Genevieve come home
Brush burned brown
Forgive those roads, gone down before

And you're the only one I’ve ever known
That gets a leg full of mosquito bites
In the time it takes to tie your shoe
And you're the only one I’ve ever known
That swayed and shook
When we kept it simple, pure and true
And you're the only one I’ve ever known
Who knew exactly what she needed
Called me from Dublin, didn’t have a clue
Genevieve come home
Walk across this stoop
Walk across this wintered floor
Genevieve come home
Got on your favorite shirt
It’s true my mind burns different now
It’s true my mind burns different

Foto: Arhiv avtorja/Nika Holcl