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Jeff Hanson
"Losing A Year" starts off like many a solo singer-songwriter on acoustic guitar, slow strumming, relishing the intimate silence of the audience. Slightly breathy and trembling, Jeff Hanson sings minor key, acoustic pop songs in the tradition of the dearly departed Elliott Smith, confidentially pretty and soothing. His high, smooth, soothing voice is just as perfect if not more so than most of the female pop chanteuses on Top 40 radio.
And just as you've lost yourself in the comforting embrace of the song, we get to the natural climax, and Hanson's voice rises to unnatural sweetness, suddenly, the rest of the band emerges, shakes off sleep, and swells into lazy, hazy pop much like what Simon and Garfunkel used to do. All showing off, of course, that preternaturally gorgeous voice of his. Jeff Hanson is the sound of your heart breaking beautifully in two.
Jeff Hanson - Losing A Year
Jeff Hanson - Welcome Here
Jeff Hanson - As Honest As A Liar Can Be
Official Jeff Hanson Site. Buy his self-titled album from Kill Rock Stars, iTunes Music Store, or Amazon.
Posted by Queen of the Front Row at 03.13.05 at 6:00 PM
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