I interrupt the relative calm of the summer months to talk to Benjy Ferree whose debut album "Leaving the Nest" has been relatively subdued early this year despite an outlet on Domino. Discovered the hazards of my travels over the Internet, his songs attracted me but I did not linger were given the avalanche of news at this time. For some weeks I am yet income is becoming one of my albums of the summer. These ten songs are a little condensed history of American contemporary music. The journey begins somewhere in Louisiana with "In the country side", a clever mix between a five-beat rhythm that would not have displeased the pioneers Jazz guitar and sometimes acoustic, sometimes electric saturated. Everything is assembled into a pop song worthy of the Kinks. Radical change of tone on "Dogkillers" brings us back to the megacities and dirty misty North Stooges and garage rock influences take over. Benjy Ferree we then retrieves the Bayou, he donned his suit of Charles Ingals, set foot on the stool and gives us a little melancholy lullaby violin while Caroline whistles and strums his washboard with his fingers under the umbrella of the dice sewing. He then resumed his cart, the straw to his lips, and headed to California and sang with a voice worn out by the follies of the day "The Desert", a sunny stroll banjo and maracas. Along the way he remembers his childhood and a past love that he tells us in a nostalgic sort of gospel "Private Honeymoon". Benjy Ferree
seems to come from the same mold that Jack White, with very different influences perfectly understood and acknowledged. His singing at times strongly resembles that of the leader of the White Stripes, especially on tight tracks like "Leaving the Nest". Past "Hollywood Sign" quality pic unfortunately nose. This is very nice but really no longer holds the attention. He uses recipes that worked well the first seven tracks on the album but here it fails to really take off. "In the Woods" for example starts with a beautifully childlike text recalling the finest moments of Daniel Johnston and then sank into a chorus of "Sleeeeeeeep" long shot that leaves a sense of unfinished business. Benjy Ferree is a kind of grocer who put in front of her display her finest fruits and vegetables, varied and attractive range and a little further back those shots and some spots but still quite edible. The whole gives us a very successful debut album in which he presents his entire palette of talent to date but lacks sometimes a little bit of cohesion. Whatever the moment, I feel that this man is just beginning ...
Benjy Ferree - In The Countryside
Benjy Ferree - The Desert
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