It's nigh on impossible to listen to Mr. Husband's debut album Plaid on Plaid from earlier on this year, without Brian Wilson coming fairly quickly to mind. He, (Mr. Husband being a moniker for musician / comedian Kenny Tompkins), certainly has a knack for melody and poignancy that Wilson and Elliott Smith, (another thing the record reminded me of), would doff a cap to. Recorded in Tompkins bedroom in Maryland, it's a wonderful example of the merits of operating small but thinking big. I've posted the album's opening and standout track Riding a Lightning Bolt above and the rest of the record below if that takes your fancy. Something of an early Christmas treat.
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