'Victim of a leaking pen..'
Browsing through the playlists on a Saturday morning you can chance upon the shiniest catches, like gold glittering in a net trawl dragged aboard a fishing trawler in the early morning sunight.
Reminders of Pavement, Elliott Smith and Beck. But this is I SING. The fourth album by Caleb Cordes out of Chicago going by the Nom De Plume Sinai Vessel, a great new personal discovery.
This is great post Nineties singer songwriting that deals with introversion and the universe. Two of the great modern Internet obsessions.
Sinai Vessel manage a great balancing act here. The songs here burrow inwards and gaze outwards. An incrediblbe balancing act which is incredibly sustained and never succumbs to self pity. This is an extrordinary record.
Thanks, Bruce, that was great! It was in my peripheral vision, but you brought it into focus. Interestingly, he is good friends with Ben Seretan. He wrote a piece on Bandcamp for Ben's new album and Ben wrote his Spotify biography. And both albums came out on the same day. Quite different, but both great.
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DeleteI thought this was outstanding. It just grew and grew as I listened to it, Dipped my toe in the Ben Seretan and like that. Will write something about that this week. You're great at naking the connections Darren. Thanks,
ReplyDeleteAbsolutely, it did grow and grow. 'Attack' really got to me near the end. I started following Ben Seretan on Twitter and he was mentioning the Sinai Vessel album (and their friendship) last week. But it took your review to get me to listen to it. Thanks again!
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