Money Mark returns with an album that is doubtless to surprise a lot of his long term listeners. Those expecting his usual brand of driven mix and match stylings might find themselves a little out to sea with his latest release ‘Brand New By Tomorrow’
This album is unquestionably the first true summer album of 2007, think of old school production values with a hankering for the late sixties and early seventies, spiced and peppered with crawling vertically lazy bass lines, shimmering warm electric pianos and rich organic guitar work. Top this off with a surprisingly apt vocal from Money Mark himself and you have something of a rounded affair.
Its all refreshingly gimmick free crafted songs that lyrically deal with the subject of heartbreak on what appears to be the most personal of levels. However before you think that this is going to be one of those albums that wallows knee deep in its own tears and trips over its bottom lip with every step it takes, think again.
Money Mark might tell us how it is but if anything this is like a guide out of the dark times and back into the light. A musician’s guide to surviving a break up if you will. From the gentle melancholy of Color Of Your Blues to the realisation of better things ahead of Radiate Nothing which sounds like Joe Jackson and Elvis Costello on their best form.
Mark has a vocal style that is clean and unassuming and layers itself over the music with ease and honesty. Drawing from a lineage of singer/songwriters and harkening back to all the better qualities of yesteryear, unless something else comes along to top it I’ll make this my album of the week.
If you’re not convinced, the album is preceded by the single ‘Pick Up The Pieces’ with an alternate version of ‘Watch Out (For Sneaky People) on April 23rd
