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The first time I listened to this album I was left slightly mystified - the first track dot com is all about having a website.. which is odd for a blues artist! I thought Mr Fraser was taking the piss as it were. "Gotta have a website if you wanna become a dot com... yeah!" Its actually quite amusing in that respect, the slightly awkward use of nerd gramma makes it even more amusing. But after the initial hilarity and hijinks settled down, I quickly realized this is a great little blues album. It's often difficult to find Aussie blues that sound as effortless and technically spot on this album is quite amazing in that respect. Brian is an accomplished guitarist, the album has a great tapping rhythm and pace to it that that makes it an enjoyable album to listen to. In most of the tracks except when Brian covers "The Ship Song" by Nick Cave, and Writers Curse and Halfway There its just him and the guitar, percussion performed by Brian on the stomp box, nice. This really is fun album, standout tracks like "every game" and "halfway there" have a driving acoustic sound that just resonates a lighter approach to roots music. Its a good mixture of light and dark, but as blues albums goes, even with Brian's gravel voice this album certainly sits on the lighter side of the scale as an album. Its not as genre specific as some other blues albums, being pretty accessible to anyone who is willing to listen to it more than once to get a quick gist of the flow of the album. I really dig this album, and if you even have just a passing interest in blues or roots, I wholeheartedly recommend it - if you are deep into the scene, then you probably already have a copy. POSTED ON Jul 18, 2003 - 02:46 PM by funnel
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