We slow danced in the kitchento the sound of all the cricketsand the crackle of the old TVwith Sinatra singing songs aboutChicago and all of me...
So opens Goodnight California, the debut LP from Atlanta singer songwriter Nate Currin. Sometimes it's nice to listen to an album that's refreshingly new and original, and sometimes it's just as nice to find something comfortably familiar. In the case of Currin, it's the latter, as his sound very much reminds me of another artist that I came across a fair while ago (almost four years ago looking back at it now) that I thoroughly enjoy and have followed ever since: Cary Brothers. Both share an accessible pop sound that avoids too much polish and too many cliches, instead coming off as warm and sincere. While overall sporting an easy rocking acoustic+ feel to it, Currin isn't afraid to slow down and get personal, as is the case with Yellow Springs, dip into piano ballad land, such as Coming Home, or dabble with electronic touches, like in Lucid Dream. I'll share the album opener with you, Dance Away the Night, below.
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Upcoming Tour Dates
3/5 - Charlotte, NC @ The Evening Muse
3/19 - Austin, Texas @ The Dizzy Rooster
4/2 - New York City, NY @ Rockwood Music Hall
4/4 - New York, NY @ The Real Radio Show
4/16 - Durham, NC @ Broad Street Cafe
4/29 - Tampa, Fl. @ Play
5/6 - Gainesville, Ga. @ Wild Wing Cafe
5/8 - Nashville, Tenn. @ The Bluebird Cafe
12 comments:
ooooo good lyrics
The rest of the album sports lyrics just as good.
I sampled a few of the songs.. sounds like it could be worth the buy.
Lucid Dream is another good one.
its hard to get a feel for it in such a short sample... seems a bit melancholy though.
blue mornings on the coast leave the past forever lost
feeling sorrow, hiding secrets - tomorrow's
western train it sails off
into the wind
and from the buildings towering heights: he is frozen, she's a lie
but the smile, the pain, the loss, the gain is gone
but he swears that man, i'm better off alone
but i could spend all of eternity missing you
aye, it is a touch melancholy, isn't it.
ouch. yeah. thanks for the broken heart. sheesh!
sorry, it happens. if you want upbeat, stick with Dance Away the Night and pretty much avoid the rest of the album!
im no fair-weather music aficionado! screw love songs. i love the heartbreakers!
I'm right there with you
...surely you don't mean that. you seem to love the love songs...
(i thought that was your niche)
niche smiche.
it's hard to look at the glass half full all the time
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