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TockTockTock · 01-29-2012, 05:24 PM

Recently downloaded his debut album, The Complete Guide to Insufficiency (2005), and I was completely memorized by it. His unique voice, his interesting use of live sampling, the subtle progression in his guitar work... everything. While the album is clearly an example of avant-folk, it's strangely accessible and gives off a very warm and ethereal feeling that can be a bit unsettling at times. (I would highly recommend it to fans of the genre and to those wanting to get into it).

The album itself was all done in one take with occasional improvising here and there. The background behind it has a rather charming simplicity to it as well: just a man and his guitar playing music in a church (you can even hear the church bells in the background). It has been said that the man enjoys a certain level of spontaneity in his own music, so this would make sense...

Anyways... here are two songs by him... The first is a live recording and the other is from his debut. While the live recording is around fourteen minutes in length, it would be best to listen to it in its entirety to get a feel of what his music is about.

Thoughts, opinions, etc? Anyone a fan of his music?

01-29-2012, 05:24 PM	#1 (permalink)
TockTockTock They/Them Join Date: Nov 2010 Posts: 1,914	David Thomas Broughton Recently downloaded his debut album, The Complete Guide to Insufficiency (2005), and I was completely memorized by it. His unique voice, his interesting use of live sampling, the subtle progression in his guitar work... everything. While the album is clearly an example of avant-folk, it's strangely accessible and gives off a very warm and ethereal feeling that can be a bit unsettling at times. (I would highly recommend it to fans of the genre and to those wanting to get into it). The album itself was all done in one take with occasional improvising here and there. The background behind it has a rather charming simplicity to it as well: just a man and his guitar playing music in a church (you can even hear the church bells in the background). It has been said that the man enjoys a certain level of spontaneity in his own music, so this would make sense... Anyways... here are two songs by him... The first is a live recording and the other is from his debut. While the live recording is around fourteen minutes in length, it would be best to listen to it in its entirety to get a feel of what his music is about. Thoughts, opinions, etc? Anyone a fan of his music? Last edited by TockTockTock; 01-29-2012 at 05:35 PM.