Friday, March 04, 2011

Dancing Away the Night


We slow danced in the kitchen
to the sound of all the crickets
and the crackle of the old TV
with Sinatra singing songs about
Chicago 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:

Anonymous said...

ooooo good lyrics

Sean said...

The rest of the album sports lyrics just as good.

Anonymous said...

I sampled a few of the songs.. sounds like it could be worth the buy.

Sean said...

Lucid Dream is another good one.

Anonymous said...

its hard to get a feel for it in such a short sample... seems a bit melancholy though.

Sean said...

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.

Anonymous said...

ouch. yeah. thanks for the broken heart. sheesh!

Sean said...

sorry, it happens. if you want upbeat, stick with Dance Away the Night and pretty much avoid the rest of the album!

Anonymous said...

im no fair-weather music aficionado! screw love songs. i love the heartbreakers!

Sean said...

I'm right there with you

Anonymous said...

...surely you don't mean that. you seem to love the love songs...

(i thought that was your niche)

Sean said...

niche smiche.

it's hard to look at the glass half full all the time