NEW ALBUM: Matt Berry ~ Phantom Birds

[Ruby]

MATT BERRY ~ Phantom Birds


 
I see this is released under the Acid Jazz label – not sure I’d go that far but there is something of that. The first time I listened it lulled me gently to sleep – maybe I was tired, stressful week! It actually occurred to me that this one was more music for insomniacs than Music for Insomniacs! Lol! Thought to be fair, I’d better listen again. 

Nothing at all unpleasant - he's really competent, but it’s a bit samey and ploddish, hence the soporific effect, I guess. Not much variation in timing nor in chord progressions, to my ear. I heard a distinctly Shadows “Apache” type of thing going on in some places and then found myself thinking of Rodriguez during “Man of Doom” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gbvx_kYHin4. Feeling ambivalent about the album - fence sitting – I’ll fall off one way or the other at some point - hope it's not too high!  

The opener - "Something In My Eye" ...