Jeff Hanson - Madam Owl ((CD))

Nobody but nobody sings quite like Jeff Hanson, and singularity has its price. This is something that Jeff Hanson has had to accept over the years. Otherworldly, is a preferable adjective to the lazy and far more common observation, Wait a minute, is this is a dude singing? The trick as a listener, the challenge, is not to let this entrancing flourish overshadow the meticulous pop and masterful songwriting craft of the music itself.Jeff Hansons influences are largely beside the point. I want this to be a Jeff Hanson record, says the veteran songwriter of his third LP, Madam Owl, for the now legendary Kill Rock Stars label. Hoping to evade the somewhat unavoidable construction of a new artist as an amalgam of their most easily identifiable influences, on this record he has created a sound that is truly all his own. Not that this album marks a radical departure from the Jeff Hanson of his previous two records " the essential elements are all still here. The bare acoustic prettiness of hi