Rocky Dennis-Maple Leaves-CDEP-FLAC-2003-THEVOiD

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 Info   
     Artist  | Rocky Dennis
     Title   | Maple Leaves
     Genre   | Indie                                Format  | EP
     Source  | CD                                   Time    | 21:30
     Label   | Service                              Store   | 2003
     Catalog | SERV009                              Rip     | 2020
     Bitrate | 810 kbps                             Size    | 131.83 MB
     Freq    | 44.1 kHz                             Encoder | FLAC 1.3.1
 Tracks 
     01. Maple Leaves                                                4:01
     02. Sky Phenomenon                                              4:36
     03. Pocketful Of Money                                          4:21
     04. Black Cab                                                   4:58
     05. Someone To Share My Life With                               3:34
 Notes  
     Swedish indie pop artist Jens Lekman combines daring use of samples and
     arrangements with songwriting that is tender, witty, and vulnerable. He
     emerged from relative obscurity and circulating homespun demos to
     international critical acclaim with his albums on the Secretly Canadian
     label throughout the mid-2000s. In addition to his more traditional
     records, Lekman explored a variety of conceptual releases, including his
     2015 "Postcards" series, which found him writing and releasing a new song
     each week for a year, and 2019's "Correspondence", a musical back-and-forth
     between Lekman and longtime friend and collaborator Annika Norlin.
     Lekman's debut release for Secretly Canadian (Service in the EU) is a
     frequently breathtaking four-song EP that takes inspiration from many
     sources released under the alias Rocky Dennis, chief among them the
     Magnetic Fields (both vocally and in the toy-town orchestration) with a
     little Todd Rundgren, Harry Nilsson, and The Smiths thrown in to spice up
     the stew. The songs on the record are built around what sound like tinny
     loops of '60s pop songs ('Black Cab' intro is a note-perfect copy of the
     Left Banke's 'I've Got Something on My Mind'), full of twinkly bells,
     chiming guitars, and melancholy strings.
     "Maple Leaves" and "Black Cab" are wonderful songs; Lekman's unerring sense
     of songcraft and resolutely downbeat yet lovable vocals make them the kind
     of songs you'll want to hear over and over. "Sky Phenomenon" is less poppy
     and more introspective, with the instrumentation stripped down to piano and
     Lekman's aching vocal. Making the EP a complete success is his spot-on
     cover of the Television Personalities' "Someone To Share My Life With",
     which captures the incredible emotion of the lyrics without going over the
     top musically.
     "Maple Leaves" is a solid debut that points to greatness in the near
     future.

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