Day: March 10, 2019

If you’re reading this review, chances are you’re aware of Nate Allen. Released a ton of folk-punk albums with wife Tessa as Destroy Nate Allen. DNA was energetic, fun, and although there was always a message, it was generally focused outward (“Jesus, Keep us Safe from the Cops” and “Boobie Bar” come to mind). Good Saint Nathaniel is Nate’s latest project, a solo outing, in which he turns inward to personal reflection and resolution. And the results are surprisingly good. Stylistically this is indie folk. Closest comparisons I can make are Damien Jurado’s darker stuff (there are no pop songs here), or even some of Mark Kozelek’s stuff (Red House Painters, Sun Kil Moon), but with more uplifting content.… Continued →

Rock

• A Red Arrow – Ghost (Remaster) [Single]
• Death Therapy – Feels Like Fiction [Single]
• Judah & the Lion – Why Did You Run? [Single]
• Tina Boonstra – Flicker [Single]
• 77s – Drowning with Land in Sight (Deluxe Remaster) 

Pop

• The Afters – Lightning [Single]
• Branan Murphy – Perfectly [Single]
• Danny Gokey – New Day [Single]
• David Dunn – Spend a Life [Single]
• Emily Brimlow – Dust on the Ground [Single]
• Emily Brimlow – Hope (Remix) [Single]
• Sucré – Roof [Single]
• Tauren Wells – Conocido [EP]

Folk

• Benjamin James – The Things You Keep from Me [Single]
• Cindy Morgan – Autumn & Eve: Old Testaments, Vol.

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