Dan Bryk
Lovers Leap
(Scratchie)

Sometimes I hear someone sing, and I can immediately recognize that "other world" sound. As in, the guy is in some other world. There's no reason music like this would come out of the usual hack struggling musician.

And the thing is, these "other world" sorts usually aren't great musicians. Dan Bryk is pretty good (I assume he plays piano and guitar, just because their lines rather resemble Bryk's warbling singing style), but he can't sing. Still, the stuff is terribly endearing.

A somewhat crazed imperfection is about the closest thing to inspired that I can imagine. Bryk plays in that classic dBs style; in fact, the title of his album is rather similar to a song title from the Holsapple-Stamey reunion album of almost 10 years back.

Don't think that was intentional. But it sure got me in tune with the style quickly. Bryk does a lot of things wrong, and each little misstep makes this album that much more irresistible.