John Vanderslice: Emerald City Review
I knew nothing about John Vanderslice before I decided I would check out Emerald City. I did check out his wikipedia entry after listening to the album.
This album was very easy to listen to from start to end, with Vanderslice’s singing it just soothes into your ears. This album has been all I have been listen to the past few days due to both it’s ease and when you check out the lyrics it makes it even more amazing. The lyrics are deep throughout and this is an artist worthy of checking out.
I liken him to Andrew Bird but better for me with a voice and style that is more to my tastes. You should take the time to check out John Vanderslice. He is political with his lyrics though I barely can tell unless I decide to check out the lyrics. It’s a great album all around and I will be listening to this album for weeks to come.
This album gets a 5 out of 5 from me. It has gotten pretty good reviews on Metacritic. Picking which songs I wanted to upload too a very long time. My favorite song though is “Numbered Litograph” but the rest of the album follows closely behind.
Here are two songs from the album:
