...according to our Phil on Thu 23 Nov, 2006.
BENJY FERREE has a 7" out this week on Domino. I got a ferree once from Holyhead... We missed our first ferry and we had to sleep in the car... I tell you Holyead is the windiest and brightest place in the world at 6 in the morning (in Summer anyway...). This is a limited 7" only release sounding like a more indie version of Marc Bolan or summat. It's bouncy... bouncy, bouncy like a bouncy thing... It's not bad at all! LOOK HERE
An interesting tidbit about Mr. Ferree to start things off, he's Domino's first American worldwide signing. Meaning, I guess, that Domino's British mothership is finally warming to the American music scene. And Benjy Ferree's got a solid, old fashioned, back porch, red, white and blue sound running through his songs. I can almost hear someone blowing into a moonshine jug in "Why Bother," and a washboard player would fit in just as well. "Private Honeymoon" waltzes along nicely with the sounds of the West Coast's neu-folk folks. Ah, it's probably the playful, beatles-esque romp "In The Countryside" that's got the label giving Benjy the green light for worldwide domino-ation. His tour of the Midwest and East Coast starts tomorrow with the Archie Bronson Outfit.
Be the first to review this record. Best reviewer each month gets £10 off their next order!