Trouble CD Review

Ray Lamontagne, 200?

I know I am speaking for a certain generation when I speak of how furstrating it is trying to read info off most CD covers these days - the type is so tiny (it's the size Lois prefers having her uni notes in!), and even if you do manage to read it, the copyright sometimes doesn't appear there at all.

So, what does Lamontagne's music sound like?

It's very intense, but mellow.

The voice whispers, soothes, and unsettles in equal measure.
Songs that initially appear to be love songs reveal themselves to contain equal measures of pain and loss.

The arrangements make it easier to take the medicine - some cruisy/funky, others subdued with string quartets.

Yes, a warm, brooding, thoughtful album.

Dark evening, fire on, candles lit, a good red wine and a friend who requires no more conversation for about half an hour...

8/10.