{Jeremy Messersmith}
Pure pop perfection and quite simply one of the best albums I've heard lately!
The album is the final chapter of what Messersmith calls his "life-cycle trilogy". The series began with his debut The Alcatraz Kid (dealing with the difficulties of coming of age and finding an identity as a young adult), Silver City (concentrating on married life), and now The Reluctant Graveyard which tackles end-of-life issues and the inhabitants of a local historic cemetery. I know sounds a bit morbid, but it's influenced by 60's styled pop (ala The Zombies, The Beach Boys, The Kinks, The Monkees, The Beatles).
Here's a couple of my favs (the first reminding me so much of Elliott Smith's vocal delivery)...
"Toussaint Grey First In Life And Death"
"Knots"
Stream to the album (and pay what you like to download) in it's entirety Right Here
Here he is performing another new tune "A Girl, A Boy, and A Graveyard"...
