“It doesn’t get much more beautiful than this. The poetic, tear-jerking lyrics in combination with the distinctive, emotion-charged vocals and the spare folky arrangements hit me hard. Fragile and powerful at the same time.” That’s what I wrote a few months ago after hearing Corn Palace, a single by Austin-based math professor and singer-songwriter Sean Keel. It was the prelude to his official debut album A Dry Scary Blue, which is out now and for which the same words apply. The LP contains ten raw but intimate songs that demand and deserve your attention. This is a truly magnificent, unique and timeless record.
A Dry Scary Blue, produced by Gabriel Rhodes, is out now digitally, on CD and vinyl LP through Icons Creating Evil Art. Highly recommended, especially for fans of Townes van Zandt, Tom Waits, Nick Drake and Leonard Cohen.
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