The Nashville based Chicagoan adopts a “back-to-the-basics approach” to deliver these six songs that bubble along with undaunted and effortless pop fizz.
Simple structures and endearing lyrics recall the likes of early Lou Reed, Jonathon Richman or Clem Snide’s Eef Barzalay. ‘Bottomless Pit’ is a glorious slab of pop psychedelia with crunching electric guitar and is the most ‘out-there’ track on offer.
‘Snake Oil’ has gentle acoustic guitar and harmonica, the incredible backing vocals by Antonio Meeks elevating the song to probably best on the album. Closing track ‘Watercolor Rose’ has a sweet guitar motif and wistful french horn that perfectly captures the nature of the lyric.
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One track, written for his newborn son, ‘Picture Of The Soul’ also manages to visit these fair isles and contain the lines, “I travelled through the highlands/Over snow-capped mountain peaks/And the seaside town of Ullapool/With its ships and chips and quiet cool”.
Cool indeed.
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