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'Recently saw an intriguing video clip where Jon Brion performed solo and with the aid of electronic devices (not pre-recorded tapes, mind), gave a performance that gives new meaning to the term one-man band. Which gave me pause to re-listen to the likes of Jason Falkner, Brendan Benson and Colin Macintyre (picked up my first Mull Historical Society disc - in Sydney natch!) and marveled with awe (and bristled with envy) at the sheer dexterity of it all. Add Patrik Tanner to the list. On Soft, the fact that Tanner plays everything is the least amazing thing. That a singer-songwriter with such ability and gifts should remain so far under the radar (even for the pop underground) is short of criminal! Well, yeah, Tanner has produced the likes of Martin Zellar, Sire artists Tina & the B-Side Movement and fronted the Faraway Men, but Soft really came out of the blue for yours truly. Effectively channeling John Lennon, Roy Orbison, George Harrison, Jeff Lynne, Neil Finn and Robyn Hitchcock, Soft is a veritable pop-rock tour-de-force which deserves much more attention (are you paying any, my friends?) than it has received. From the raucous Enter to the folky The Kindest Person I Ever Knew, Soft is an album that no self-respecting member of the pop underground can afford to ignore. '~ Kevin Mathews Fufkin.com 'You can hear his love of American pop music pouring from this CD. I sense similarities to BEULAH and other indie acts who focus on melody and hooks. There’s even some Americana here, ironically played by a Swedish ex-patriot. (LD)
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