As 2007 draws to a close, we seem to have fully entered the Golden Age of the singer/songwriter.
Tom Hull a.k.a. KID HARPOON brings us a wee gem of a record. Folk-tinged, these songs are filled with high drama and moments of melodic beauty. Dynamic, and alive to the core, they seem to swell and deflate with gathering/slowing momentum.
Uptempo yet still shuffling, Romany pop clanks and whirls with odd FX and percussion as ‘Fifty-Seven’ blazes its trail, whilst the intricate Spanish guitar oozes reflective melancholy in ‘As It Always Was’ .
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The stage-musical sound of ‘Aeroplanes and Neon Lights’ is an accordion-fuelled trawl through artificially lit night streets, the hurdy-gurdy lurching drunkenly through the blur.
Lo-fi production submerges the guitar and vocals deep in the mix as ‘Small Town War’ is strummed out like lightning. The staccato rhythm feeds the tension, and the sound oozes talent. This is a simply splendid offering from one to watch
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