"Folk Troubadour album - whimsical and gentle"
"Dan Webster's PR notes compare him to a rare lobster - trading on the story of him being born at sea as his mother emptied lobster pots and how somehow this makes him 'earnest and confused, talking of love, loss, politics, corruption and war'. Isn't this what every singer songwriter writes about?
Ignoring the guff of the PR, this album opens itself out as a strong set of songs driven by some impressive musical moods and a vocal delivery of some conviction. These sound like songs tried and tested on the road, they feel lived in and lived with.
The production and song writing is not earth-shatteringly original but that is not the objective here. It is a collection of songs that demand repeat listens and in that it follows the singer song writer template completely.
With repeated listens certain things stand out - the delicacy and emotion of 'Like You Do' and 'Borrowed and Blue', the anger and passion of 'What Are We Doing Here' and 'Like Hell'. The crack in the voice and the commercial possibilities of 'Waiting In Line' and the repressed rage of 'Superstore' with its politics on its sleeve.
Years ago this would be described as a bedsit album and that's no bad thing."
Americana-UK
Americana-UK