Southerly is a one-man project and that one man is Krist Kreuger. He started out in 2001 by releasing an EP, relocated to Portland and put together a full live band in 2006. Then it was time to record this full-length debut in 2007. And then it took another two years for it to finally be released in Europe. The guy sure took his sweet time!
Anyway, “Storyteller and the Gossip Columnist” is a collection of songs that are obviously written by a singer/songwriter. All of the tracks on here start out with just Kreuger and his acoustic guitar. Sometimes they stay that way, at other times he keeps on adding additional layers to the song. On a track like “A Coarse Design” this leads to something pretty decent while at other times things just fall apart like a house of cards (“Taking Stock”).
I’ve listened to this album a bunch of times now and still can’t get into it. It just doesn’t touch me in any way. Fans of Bright Eyes or Sufjan Stevens might want to check this baby out though. Southerly has something of both those acts in it without being a mere copycat.
Score: 5 out of 10
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