Where The Humans Eat - Willy Mason Album Review
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Album Review
Multi-instrumentalist Willy Mason releases a quirky,uncompromising, but interesting debut offering with Where The Humans Eat.Clearly the guy can't sing(nothing new there).He more than compensates with his innocent lilting vocals.Just for the record;he plays guitar,bass,accordion,vibraphone,cello and keyboards with equal competence.Right now,this will probably not make any commercial impact,yet in years to come,this will probably become a cult classic.Until then Mason,by way of a self-fulfilling prophecy(as suggested on his CD reply card)will need to churn out more over the years.Some recognition has come his way,as he supports Athlete at the Brixton Academy.The overall feel and mood is almost 'live'.It's unthreatening( except for the odd expletive -Where The Humans Eat ) with only one potential single for a BBC Radio 2 airing,the wonderful Oxygen,which would bring a breath of fresh air to the play list.Hard Handle To Hold has just appeared as a suggested download track in Q magazine,described as' Protest Folk for great big softies.'
He's not your average folkie - probably Indie folkie more like - with great effect.The opening drumming and steel guitar will grab you immediately,so just stick with it for the rest of the ride-it's fascinating stuff.No doubt he'll be a big success on the support and college circuits.Watch out - he might just creep up on you! But it'll take some time to take a handle of - but not too much of 'hard handle'.Do I like it? Yep- it's pretty cool.Prediction:slow burner.
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