David
Bronson – Story (Independent)
For seven years New York singer-songwriter-producer
David Bronson has been working on “The Long Lost Story”, a 22-track
autobiographical concept album, which was the result of, what must have been, a
spectacular break-up. “Story” was released is 2012 and we’ve been promised the
concluding part “The Long Lost” at some point in 2013.
Written and recorded over such a long period, most
aspects of the trauma, together with their corresponding emotional responses
are covered, but if you’re expecting a maudlin collection of self-pitying
laments to lost love you’re in for nice surprise. Bronson’s a classic pop
wordsmith, with one eye on the confessional singer-songwriter legacy of the
early ‘70s, and the other on something far more immediate and upbeat.
Great songs come thick and fast: “The Turns”
intricately lays him bare, and there are hints of both early Cat Stevens and
James Taylor in his delivery, though musically, it varies from folky acoustic
guitars, to epic electric rock. It’s a heady beginning, and it’s followed with
some aplomb by “Times”, a feedback steeped rocker, with “Aladdin Sane” hooks
and a swagger to its step. Of course it’s not all crash, bang, wallop, and of
the more restrained material “Outside” requires special attention. It builds
and expands in a most pleasing way, slowly revealing layers – together with an
ethereal pedal steel guitar – and laying waste to any remaining resistance.
Tony S.
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