little songs review #7

ADDMAN REVIEW

Author and Source: AddMan
URL: addman.ca
Date: 2007

March (2007) is going to be a big month for music fans. New albums coming out left, right, and center. In preparation for the new David Usher album, Strange Birds, I’ve decided to review David’s earlier solo works...

David’s first solo album, Little Songs, was released back in 1998 after the breakup of the Canadian rock band Moist. And to say that it goes in a bit of different direction wouldn’t be saying enough. Soft guitar, drums, and organ fill the majority of the songs with a very mellow sound. Songs such as F Train really emphasize this, with its light guitar / organ mix in what is basically an acoustic song. David also chose to use some different distortions / post-production enhancements to give some of the songs, like Mood Song, a bit of a different sound.

Unfortunately, This album takes time to really grow on people, which will leave most casual music fans shit out of luck. But for those of you that are willing to give it a chance, you’ll come away impressed, especially if you were / are a moist fan. Another minor problem is that, with the exception of St. Lawrence River and to a lesser extent Forestfire, there aren’t any "jump out and grab you" type songs. The album is very much one that needs to be listened to from beginning to end in order to get the full effect of it. Does this make it a poor album? Definitely not, just this album isn’t up to par with any of his others.

Songs to check out for the Casual fan:

Songs to check out for the more hardcore fan:

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