David homas Broughton - he Complete Guide o Insufficiency
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David homas Broughton
he Complete Guide o Insufficiency
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he one man band. It s in everyone s grasp now. With a Mac, Garageband and a Myspace page, you re well on your way to rock-stardom. Well, let s not get ahead of ourselves. It s not that easy. Anyone can do these things, but in the end, there s still one important ingredient that can t be overlooked; great music.
David homas Broughton is a one man band. And he makes great music. No, he doesn t have a Mac or Garageband. Well, maybe he does, but that s not how this album ended up at my local record shop. Broughton s music is a stripped-down enterprise, comprised simply of his vocals, a guitar sometimes looped , and a drum machine. His voice is probably his biggest statement. It s one you hear and will associate with him and him alone. Not unlike Sam Beam Iron Wine or Nick Drake, whose voices you recognize immediately, Broughton s voice is his calling card, his distinguisher.
he Complete Guide o Insufficiency is five tracks of folk guitar and dark lyrics. While five tracks may lead you to believe this is more of an EP than an LP, not a single track clocks in at less than six minutes, and three of them exceed eight minutes. One thing of note is that this album was recorded in a single take inside a church. he goal was to perhaps capture what it would be like to hear DB live. It s a nice touch and adds to the sparseness of the recording, and the songs themselves. here s a certain atmosphere to Broughton s music. Knowing that it was recorded in a church leads me to believe that this sense of atmosphere is somehow heightened.
I really enjoy the timelessness of this album. It s not music that places itself within a genre that gets pinned down to a certain time or era. You won t find it in an episode of VH1 s I love the 2000 s. It strikes me as the sort of album that I enjoy now, and will probably enjoy 30 years from now, when I m old and retired. It ll be a perfect soundtrack to an evening of sipping Arnold Palmers out on my porch swing, watching the sun disappear behind some trees.
Check it out if you like: Iron Wine, Jos? Gonz??lez
Listen to a sample here: Unmarked Grave edit