It’s What-the-Hell-is-This-Wednesday! Wherein I listen to something I know absolutely nothing about.
Southland Mission, Phil Cook, 2015, :32
Southland Mission, Phil Cook, 2015, :32
★ ★ ★ ☆ ☆
No idea who this guy is (he's played in some bands I've heard of or heard only snippets of) or why I picked this retro '60s album cover to play. The spirit just struck me. He plays what Wikipedia calls "freak-folk." It's sort of a neo-folk, an acoustic folk-blues-rock, I guess, somewhat akin to a cheerier aSon Volt or a more bluesy Golden Smog. On the album cover he looks like Jerry Garcia's spiritual nephew. This album starts off strong with two catchy, uptempo songs, but then settles down to a more sleepy groove. He's a fine musician, but I found myself not listening very carefully to most of the album, even at a brisk 32 minutes. Favorite tracks: "Ain't It Sweet," "1922," "Gone."
