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Matt Nathanson

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Recorded in Arizona with Calexico's Joey Burns producing, Amos Lee's fourth studio album, 2011's Mission Bell, finds the singer/songwriter in a thoughtful mood and once again wrapping his soulful folk numbers in country, blues, and soft rock. A ruminative, lazy summer day of an album, Mission Bell is not dissimilar to Lee's last effort, 2008's Last Days at the Lodge, but lacks the more contemporary R&B tracks that made Last Days a bit of a departure from Lee's more granola leanings. Here listeners get the introspective leadoff track "El Camino" and the airy Steve Winwood-sounding ballad "Violin." Similarly engaging is the jaunty mid-album anthem "Flower," which is equal parts the Commodores' "Easy" and Hall & Oates' "She's Gone." It's a brilliant, joyously melodic number with the only downside being that it only works to remind you how melodically dire the rest of the album is. Which isn't to say Mission Bell is bad. On the contrary, there is a lot to admire here and maybe that's the main problem. Lee is a talented songwriter with a distinctive pop voice who is becoming recognized as an heir to the American singer/songwriter throne -- a notion given weight by the addition of several well-known guest artists here, including roots rocker Lucinda Williams and country legend Willie Nelson. That said, he often favors rambling, low-key country numbers that get you to quietly consider the bittersweet nature of our existence rather than lose yourself in the song. You come off a track like "Flower" and keep waiting for another one to grab you in the same "instant classic" kind of way. If Mission Bell rings true, it's in the lyrics with Lee's knack for stories and personal revelations keeping you listening, and not always the melodic content.

Mission Bell

Windows Are Rolled Down

Matt Nathanson - "All I Have to Do Is Dream (Everly Brothers cover)"

Shwayze - Buzzin

Lost and Found

Happy?

Minutes to Midnight

No More Sorrow

Vroom Vroom EP

Vroom Vroom

Modern Love

Love Comes Tumbling Down

Beneath These Fireworks

Little Victories (Album Version)

American Wedding

Laid (From "American Pie: The Wedding" Soundtrack)

Pretty The World (Album Version)

I Saw

Some Mad Hope

All We Are

Curve of the Earth (Album Version)

Last Of The Great Pretenders

Birthday Girl

Make Out

ILYSB (STRIPPED)

The Eminem Show

Soldier

Show Me Your Fangs

Adrenaline

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Here is an acoustic version of Scared To Be Lonely with the amazing Dua Lipa - you can listen on Spotify and Apple Music - or watch me play guitar in the video below.

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Scared To Be Lonely (Acoustic)

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Come on Get Higher

The Color Of You

Floating (feat. Khalid)

New Light

Martin Garrix feat. Khalid - Ocean
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