Declan O'Donovan - Self Titled - New release Review
I just received a new recording from Declan O'Donovan , a Canadian songwriter, singer and pianist. First I'll start off by saying if you're looking for hot electric guitar riffs... it's not here. What is here is something really different! Not sure I can adequately describe it. The music is warm and inviting but not homey and boring. The release opens with Unquiet , which intro sounds a bit like a Miles Davis track but O'Donovan adds in vocals over the solitude piano with an uneven rhythm and the song starts to build in a very Un Miles kind of way. Then drums are added creating a very specific direction for the track. It's really quite cool. Of course there are some cool guitar riffs but this is put together like a painter paints a landscape... just a dab here and there. Crumble has a specific sound that I really like... think Dyin' Crapshooters Blues. Again in a very painterly way, the tale is told with instrumentation just carrying the vocals along. Che...