Jul. 28, 2010 - Issue #771: Young at Heart
Balcony EP
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Jom Comyn {recordings_bands_mg} Balcony EP {/recordings_bands_mg}
(Champion City) , 2010
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With Balcony, his second of three planned releases this year, local boy Jom Comyn is getting very good at doing a whole lot with very little. The best example in this particular case is "New Raincoat," an unassumingly brilliant little number that uses about four lines of lyrics and a Costello-y jangle to perfectly sum up the quiet desperation of not quite being able to tell someone you want to be with them. Comyn's sleepy croak of a voice gives the song an extra layer of pathos, and its twists and turns more than cover for its humility. Like the space the album's title refers to, Comyn's music doesn't need much space to feel like a necessary addition.vueweekly.com comments: powered by Disqus
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