August 17th, 2010
From the comyn-spiced balconies of James Goddard:
This EP from Edmonton’s Jom Comyn (sometimes Jim Cumming) speaks to the concerns of young adults in the 21st Century – I mean actual young adults, not the browsers of Gordon Korman – unemployment, cigarettes, sloppy romances, late-nights, and (of course) almost condemned balconies. The guitars carry the tunes lethargically; apathetic tones, sketchy feedback, and non-committal fuzz over dusty, stilted drumming. Jom’s vocals shine through the nest like a retired lounge singer; an odd, weathered voice spouting the words of a quarter-life savant. “You don’t know what you are doing until years after it’s through.” On Sunday morning, in a hungover haze, it all sounds like it might be the truth.
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Jom Comyn – New Raincoat
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Jom Comyn – Roomie
File under: champion city records // folk // indie // james goddard // mellow // pop // rock // ssw
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July 9th, 2009
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KNOTS
The Blistering Sun, The Pale Moon, Hahahaha
(Self Released)
Calgary, AB
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It takes an incredible amount of patience to make an album like The Blistering Sun, The Pale Moon, Hahahaha. It’s careful and deliberate; calculated without losing any ounce of intimacy; sparse, yet still engaging. Its minimalism is like a barren landscape whose terrain takes great form as you listen closer; diamonds, cacti, and beautiful insects crawling amongst the sandy-chords and phased vocals. There is a great amount of subtly that makes KNOTS so much more than a ‘guy with his guitar making a loner folk album in his basement.’ KNOTS delivers singer songwriter material that helps us forget how cliche the genre has become.
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KNOTS – Happiness
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KNOTS – Satiated
File under: loner folk // minimal // patient // sparse // ssw
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