Olausson, Jakob / Morning & Sunrise
Album: Morning & Sunrise   Collection:General
Artist:Olausson, Jakob   Added:Jan 2012
Label:De Stijl Records  

A-File Activity
Add Date: 2012-02-25 Pull Date: 2012-04-28
Week Ending: Apr 15 Mar 25 Mar 11 Mar 4
Airplays: 1 1 1 1

Recent Airplay
1. Apr 13, 2012: The Songsmith Show
Riding On The Wind
3. Mar 05, 2012: Ghost Trees
Doctor's Deeds
2. Mar 22, 2012: The Songsmith Show
Don't Drown In Sorrows
4. Mar 02, 2012: Songs: Cantan
Doctor's Deeds

Album Review
Be Sharp
Reviewed 2012-02-20
Swede Jakob Olausson plays psychedelic folk-rock bringing to mind late 60s – early 70s Brit folk rockers like Pentangle, Renaissance, Fairport Convention. A highlight is the multi-layered, multi-textured guitars. Usually there’s a simply strummed acoustic plus at least two electrics: jangly, fuzzy, reverbed, or whatever. It makes for an interesting, sort of druggy sound. The lowlight, sadly, is the singing. Wish I could say it’s an acquired taste, Leonard-Cohen sort of thing, but the truth is he’s just not a very good singer. Far too often he finds a note by process of elimination, till he finds one he likes. Still this is worth a listen.

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1 * Medium slow. Twangy, chiming guitar. Vox is sort of a Gregorian-chant drone. (5:25)
2 Slow folk ballad. Trombones glide less than this guy’s singing. (5:56)
3 ** Mid-tempo. Twangy guitar. Vox mixed back. Time travel to 60s psychedelic (4:26)
4 Very slow. Dream like. Can hardly distinguish anything through the thick haze. (3:38)
5 Slow. Animals or Doors-like organ adds interest. Lead guitar is jangly but solo improvisations lose their way. Vox is especially muddy. (3:04)
6 Dominated by a ridiculously amateurish drumming effort; can’t keep time. (3:16)
7 * Nearest thing here to a proper song: a hummable, catchy melody and a lyric with verses and a refrain, even memorable hook. A real nice jangly guitar too. (4:27)
8 Slow & hazy. A bit druggy. Production may have a hint of Alan Parsons Project (or maybe not). Singing drops down into a deeper baritone that works better for him. (4:57)

Track Listing
1. Don't Drown In Sorrows   5. Neptune
2. Keep The Sky From Falling   6. Engraved Invitation
3. Riding On The Wind   7. When Your Bridges Burned
4. Morning And Sunrise   8. Doctor's Deeds