I really like his voice, it sounds honest to me. The melodies are great and I enjoyed the lyrics too, they're simple and relatable. This is a good thing IMO, too many lyricist "try" and this sounds and feels effortless. I'm known by those that have played music with me to take a good acoustic song and over arrange atop it. My hats off to him for keeping these simple and straight forward. That said, any chance some of these will be adopted by the band? You guys working on a follow up? I remain a fan and just listened to your last album while driving from MI to NC yesterday. -Thanks for the company.
yeah, i enjoyed it for the same reasons, except i'm starting to wish that the lyrics were more diverse. it becomes obvious pretty quickly that all the songs are about one specific event in his life, so i don't fault him for having recurring themes, but i don't like that the lyrics for each song are more or less interchangeable. I have that arrangement issue also. I admire the minimalism of it - no distractions, just song. nothing more, nothing less. Yes, i suspect so. we have played a couple of them already, in fact. he came home in December to play for a charity thing that we do every year and we played Oh No and one other that i can't remember. It's been almost a year since Finally Bored was released. The buzz has since dwindled to almost nothing, so it means a lot to me that you still play it every once in a while. Thank you, sincerely. As for a follow up, i can't say for sure. it doesn't seem that the rest of the band's schedule will ever allow for an extended amount of time to be spent back here. We are planning on a few shows with new material in chicago and probably wisconsin this august. sadly, beyond that i don't know.
That said, whatever music you're making, let me know and i'll be excited to hear it. I definitely dig the Blisters though. That album is tight, to the point where it pisses me off. -Bastards make it seem too easy.As for a follow up, i can't say for sure. it doesn't seem that the rest of the band's schedule will ever allow for an extended amount of time to be spent back here.
-Make it happen. You guys sound great together and while it may seem like that happens often, I actually don't think it does. When you can make good albums with a group of friends, you ought to try and do as much of it as you can.