Wednesday, March 11, 2009
Posthumous Success

Posthumous Success, Tom Brosseau's first new album of studio material in two years and his third FatCat full-length release, is conceptual, modern, playful, sometimes fun, dark and revealing. The album could be a set of stories or books on one's shelf.

Tom evokes the simultaneous poignant darkness and simple resignation of pre-war North America with all the authenticity of a first-hand witness, but the songwriting is indelibly imbued with youth. We have - in this album - Tom's fullest record to date.

The songs themselves are refined, embellished, expanded and orchestrated by a confident harmonic structure that very naturally extends itself from the smaller scale of Tom's past works without ever confining the pure spirit of North American blues that finances the immeasurable emotional impact of his songs.

Listen:

Tom Brosseau - "Miss Lucy" (mp3)

Enjoy!

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