Mason Jennings - In The Ever
Tuesday, June 3, 2008 12:31
“This Minneapolis-based folk-pop guy has friends in high places: “Boneclouds,” Mason Jennings’ 2006 LP, was released by Modest Mouse frontman Isaac Brock’s Epic imprint Glacial Pace, while “In the Ever” marks Jennings’ debut for Jack Johnson’s Brushfire. Those pals are influential, too. Where “Boneclouds” bore traces of MM’s junkyard blues-punk, the new album is long on low-key JJ-style acoustica. Though Jennings occasionally overloads on campfire cutesiness, most of the time he succeeds in bringing a childlike simplicity to complicated subject matter, as on “I Love You and Buddha Too,” where he wonders, “Why do some people say that there is just one way to love you, God?,” and “Fighter Girl,” in which he asks a lover to “kiss me, keep on kissing me.” Charming.—Mikael Woods”
