Cozy Catastrophes - Way Last June (February Records)
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| Cozy Catastrophes - Way Last June |
Solo artists can be a little bit
like superheroes at times can't they? Robert Allen Zimmerman aka Bob Dylan.
Reginald Dwight aka Elton John. Damon Gough aka Badly Drawn Boy. And now we
have Greg Adams aka Cozy Catastrophes. I don't know if the Indiana soloist has
any special powers but if he does they're sure to come out through his music. This
latest EP starts with a piece of sage advice in the shape of 'Always Say Never
to Always' which might be less than three minutes long but still has time to
sound like a distant, Greek ballad as heard through a corridor in a white
washed mansion on the coast. The lo-fi qualities and honest lyrics are
perfectly placed to be lined up behind the likes of Jim Noir and Evan Dando.
'Pillow Fight' starts with the stilted rhythm of a Casio drum machine before
and soon becomes a Badly Drawn Boy-esque affair featuring the great line
"I can buy a mirror but I can't buy love."
'Unlovable' has a min-Arcade Fire
feel to it while 'When You're Gone' could almost be a chill-out tune in a
subdued Vegas backroom bar populated by drunk characters from Mario Kart. On
'Wait Up', Adams goes a bit more mellow and pleading with an unnamed love who
is threatening to walk out through the medium of muted keyboard tones and
subdued beats. Final track 'Sweetly Fade' could easily be an early demo for a
Coldplay song that didn't make the final cut for being too interesting as the
acoustic guitar bounces happily along and the vocals look to make themselves
heard in the background. Cozy Catastrophes won't be troubling any stadiums any
time soon but this is the kind of music that, if used correctly, could become
an internet sensation following some exposure in a hit U.S. drama. Watch this
space and keep an eye on this guy in case he starts wearing his Speedos outside his chinos.
More information: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Cozy-Catastrophes/225810930853594?fref=ts
Listen/Download Here: http://februaryrecords.bandcamp.com/album/way-last-june