UK based Ben Auld's debut album Lemongrass is strictly in line with the Beatles songbook commandments. Simple, crafted, melodic songs that maintain a resolute glass half full approach despite having a fair bit in common with Elliott Smith. 'Well adjusted Elliott'. A genre in itself.
It's altogether a sweet suite. None of the songs here will change your world, but they might well make it seem like a better place in the course of its run. Auld also seems to make sense when compared with other set of bands that took that kind of classic songwritting as their basis for doing things, dBs, Robyn Hitchcock, Teenage Fanclub, Wilco.
The record began to cast a rather lovely spell as I made my way through it and I'll be back. Auld is a talent. file next to Andy Shauf, Fog Lake and Daniel Rpmano in the young Classicists section of your recotd collection. Strictly beatles, Byrds, Big Star, Elliott. One of my favourite places.
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