On his new album 'Beginners,' Christian Lee Hutson (chrisleehutson) sounds eerily similar to Elliott Smith, but he carves out a new space for himself in the folk genre, as well. Our review:
The tradition of sad men singing beautifully about their pain runs deep through the folk genre as well as popular music as a whole. But there’s something especially tender about the music of artists like Elliott Smith, Conor Oberst, Sufjan Stevens and Jason Molina, all self-deprecating masters of the English language who, through their own perpetual battles with depression and heartbreak and life in general, each taught us something new about the preciousness of the human condition.
While the similarities to both his contemporaries and those who came before him are impossible to ignore, there are few musicians who could pull off singing about an aspiring building inspector and make it so equally funny and sweet—but Hutson possesses a rare balance of critical wit and soul.
On “Seven Lakes,” Hutson layers his vocals in a manner similar to that of Sufjan Stevens, dropping little nuggets of poetry here and there while Walcott’s strings carry the whole operation. From one moment to the next, you’ll find yourself hearing iterations of Oberst, Stevens and Smith, almost to the point that “Seven Lakes” sounds like it would’ve fit in on any one of their albums. This album’s biggest flaw is its tendency to impersonate rather than interpret.
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