Talbot Adams - Community/Recession Era

Name: Talbot Adams
Album: Community/Recession Era
Year: 2015
Style: Folk, Singer/Songwriter, Psych
Similar Bands: Beatles, Elliot Smith, Ween, Wesley Stace, Matthew Sweet
"One-Word" Review: Lo-fi Bedroom Dread Creepers
Based Out Of: Mississippi
Label: Secret Identity Records

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Community/Recession Era (2015)

1. Grey Pinstripes 2:54
2. Acceptance 2:01
3. Different Names 2:14
4. Looking Forward 2:26
5. Sins 2:41
6. Country 2:13
7. So Tired 2:41 / 
8. Chips Cashed In 3:57
9. Recession Era 4:14
10. You Don't Know Me At All 3:14
11. Love Goes Round and Round 1:52
12. Have a Little Fun 2:28

Album Rating (1-10): 8.0

Members & Other Bands:

• Talbot Adams - Writer, Performer, Recorder, Mixing (Royal Pendletons, The Darkest Hours, Preacher's Kids, Jenny Jeans, Dutch Masters, The Checkmates, Black & Whites, Lover!) 
• Brad Boatright - Mastering
• David Rhoden - Artwork

Unknown-ness: Never heard of this artist, but as he does everything on his own, I imagine this to be some mopey bedroom indie tracks with a bit of an Americana style, based on the dark, small town artwork.

Album Review: There is a little reverb in most of the songs that give it a psych effect, while at the root, most of the tracks feel like 50-60's oldies with simple rhyme and musical patterns ("Acceptance" & "You Don't know Me At All"). Some of the tracks have a country-era Ween-demo-like quality to them, as they are produced in an echoing lofi sense. The B side has more produced songs, and first track "Chips Cashed In" sounds especially Ween-like, with vocals somewhere between Aaron Freeman and Matthew Sweet. Overall, there is a quiet, calm and subdued environment created by these songs: relaxed, but not without worry or a looming sense of sadness. Like leaving for vacation, and not remembering if you turned off the stove.

Stand Out Track: Chips Cashed In

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