Barzin – Notes To An Absent Lover

Close the curtains, light the candles and get those tissues out. No, not for a masturbation marathon, you perv! But because judging from the album title chances are that you’ll shed a couple of tears while listening to “Notes To An Absent Lover”.

This band around singer/songwriter Barzin (including Great Lake Swimmers’ Tony Dekker) sings mostly about lost loves while drowning in a sea of shuffled rhythms, piano, steel guitar and melancholy. The softly whispered vocals only help set the mood. And while yes, it’s easy to lose yourself in self-pity and whining when writing songs like this, Barzin never bores the crap out of you even though the songs start to blend together towards the end. Other than that, there’s nothing really wrong with “Notes To An Absent Lover”.
Score: 6 out of 10
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