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Album Review: Alan Pownall (Alan Pownall)

12th Feb 2010

THE last thing the music scene needs right now is another male solo artist who doesn’t really seem to know his place in terms of genre. Espe­cially when he seems to be imi­tat­ing artists such as New­ton Faulkner, Jason Miraz and Jack Johnson.

This EP lacks a dis­tinc­tive sound: this is the type of music you would expect to hear in an ele­va­tor, or a cheap car deal­er­ship. It’s as if Alan is still going through the exper­i­men­tal stage of his musi­cal career. Per­haps it is this that could make him slightly appeal­ing in the future?

The EP’s one sav­ing grace is Colour­ful Day. Pownall’s voice fits the accom­pa­ny­ing music per­fectly, sim­i­lar to the likes of Bön Iver, with lo-fi fuzz on top of his vocals. Part of me wishes that he had just stuck to this sound.

At a stretch, I would say Too Many Holes (please refrain from taste­less jokes) is worth­while too. There is per­haps an audi­ence for this music, but I’m quite cer­tain it won’t find it here.