Sometimes a little sincerity really works. Eric Bachmann avoids irony and anything cute on his recently released album To the Races, and it makes me believe he means every word he sings. Excessively sentimental? Who cares? Think Springsteen’s Nebraska or The Sunset Tree by the Mountain Goats and you’re in the right neighborhood. If you don’t buy the record — and you should, if solid and unapologetically sincere songwriting is your thing — at least shell out a buck for the opening track, “Man O’ War,” which is sadly unavailable for free and legal download.
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Good call on the "Man O' War". Thanks. "… the love that she gives condescendingly tries, in its way, to comfort you"
I concur, this album is quite spectacular.
Wow, these two samples alone are so well executed and competent. Great sound!