Pop
M. Ward
A Wasteland Companion
(Merge sss)
It's easy to blink Matt Ward. In a indie supergroup Monsters of Folk, a guitarist, singer, and writer isn't a one with a eerily pleasing voice or a cryptically Dylanesque lyrics. (That would be Jim James and Conor Oberst, respectively.) And in She Him, he's not a cute-as-a-button ingenue who wins large points for her retro-pop songwriting skills. (That's Zooey Deschanel.)
Even on his possess albums, Ward is self-effacing. He favors fingerpicked explorations of all demeanour of American vernacular music,
......
Read the Full Article at:
http://www.philly.com/philly/entertainment/20120415_Album_reviews__New_CDs_from_LushLife__M__Ward__Brad_Mehldau.html?cmpid=138887484
