Kevin Kerby – Your Loyal Deserter (2017)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/44,1 kHz | Time – 30:15 minutes | 326 MB | Genre: Folk
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Max Recordings
Some people will probably take it wrong, but central Arkansas folk-rock icon Kevin Kerby is a minor leaguer. That’s not meant as an insult. Every AA player could play in the major leagues tomorrow; it’s only luck or politics or the tyranny of numbers that keeps them from doing so. Kerby’s a pro and his honest, solid songwriting is so heartening and refreshing that we wish reviews like this matter – “something obvious and bright, that’s what we need.”
Unfortunately minor-league critics for minor-league newspapers in minor-league towns don’t break artists, but that’s no reason to hate on real talent, or to wonder, in that peculiar Arkansas way, if he’s so good how come he’s here? I don’t know either – kid’s got tools and he can play.
Arkansas-based songwriter Kevin Kerby is as idiosyncratic as they come, balancing caustic wit with a jolly sense of humour throughout his lyrics. His emotive voice alternatives between vulnerable quivering and powerful confidence in the ten songs of Your Loyal Deserter.
Tracklist:
01. Your Loyal Deserter
02. Find Your Fangs
03. All This Weaponry
04. Who I Thought I Was
05. Don’t Look Down
06. Everything You Give Away
07. You Get the Point (Candy Corn)
08. Uncle Clive
09. Beat This Rap
10. Learned How to Beg
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