Sunday, July 21, 2024

Anchors (Stone Gossard) (LP 2636)

Stone Gossard  Bayleaf (CD, Epic Records, 2001) ***   

GenreRock 

Places I remember: JB Hi Fi

Fab, and all the other pimply hyperboles: Bore Me (Bayleaf is not on Spotify, but the whole album is on YouTube. Bore Me is the first song)

Gear costume: Pigeon (third song)

Active compensatory factors: Stone Gossard is a prolific guy. His day job is with Pearl Jam but he also has various side projects like Brad, and a solo career, of sorts.

Bayleaf was his solo debut (he's only done two) and he plays a lot of the instruments himself.

It's pretty mellow, clearly Stone channels the rock moves into Pearl Jam. It's intriguing and nicely experimental in approach.

He also sings well! I guess having Eddie Vedder in the band curtails his ability to sing much but on this evidence he is a super talented musician and he can hold my interest as a singer.

Where do they all belong? A very worthwhile addition in its own right.

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