Alexi Murdoch - Time Without Consequence
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Artist: Alexi MurdochEdition: Music CD
CD Release Date: 2006-06-06
Music Label: Zero Summer Records
Soundtracks:
- All My Days
- Breathe
- Home
- Song For You
- Dream About Flying
- Wait
- Love You More
- Blue Mind
- Shine
- 12
- Orange Sky
Music reviews of Time Without Consequence
Music Review: Shameless Nick Drake ripoff, but still oddly compelling
Rating: 3 Stars
Every musician or band is, by definition, derivative and influenced by a band or musician who came before.
The best musicians and artists are derivative and influenced by someone else, but forge a sound uniquely their own. One example is Robyn Hitchcock, who is mostly influenced by John Lennon and Syd Barrett, but has crafted his own sound that sounds like no one else. Another example is Talking Heads, who forged their sound from Roxy Music, Brian Eno, and Velvet Underground, yet, again, developed their own sound, which in turn has become tremendously influential. Ryan Adams has channeled the Grateful Dead to great effect, yet retains his own identity. Cat Power/Chan Marshall melds Sinead O'Connor with Janis Joplin, yet, again, has carved out her own sound.
Clap Your Hands Say Yeah!, on the other hand, are just so blatantly ripping Talking Heads, that they don't really have their own identity. As such, they're interesting for a few songs, but then you want to pull out your Talking Heads CDs and hear the real thing.
In spite of the fact that just about every one of Murdoch's songs sounds like Nick Drake, he still gets your attention, and he has the ability to pull you in. He'd be a lot more interesting, though, if he threw in some other influences, or at least took Nick Drake's sound and forged his own identity. As it stands, there's probably no one else out there who does as good a Nick Drake imitation, but while imitation is the highest form of flattery, you could never put Murdoch on an opening bill with Nick Drake if he were alive today, because he just sounds too much like him.
Good for Murdoch that he's got a fanbase who don't really mind the copycat sound, and maybe some like him precisely because he sounds like Drake. I suspect many of his fans aren't familiar with Drake.
This isn't intended as a negative review. As stated above, I will listen to him play KCRW, but it makes me want to pull out my Nick Drake CDs. There will never be another Nick Drake, in spite of people like Murdoch's best efforts.
Description of Time Without Consequence
It's a heck of a start to a career. Before he had released any material in the States, Alexi Murdoch was championed by KCRW's influential tastemaker Nic Harcourt. (Murdoch moved to LA in the late 1990s.) This led to the release of the Four Songs EP, which led to appearances in Garden State and on the The O.C.. Even arranger Van Dyke Parks (Tim Buckley, Harry Nilsson) became a fan, praising his "imaginative chords." Fortunately, Murdoch's self-produced full-length lives up to that early promise. The Nick Drake-inspired "Breathe" and "Orange Sky" are likely to be familiar to most listeners. Another standout is "Home," which shakes up his folky formula with feedback and trip-hop beats. If Time Without Consequence has a fault, it's simply that Murdoch sounds remarkably like fellow Drake devotee José González (right down to his spare finger-picking style). One singer-songwriter is from Scotland (by way of England and Greece), the other from Sweden (by way of Argentina), so it seems unlikely that either musician influenced the other. Plus, great minds do think alike. In any case, Murdoch has fashioned a satisfying debut; the true test will be to follow up with an album that reveals a more distinct personal identity. --Kathleen C. FennessyAlternative Rock CDs
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