Style: Folk-Acoustic | Pop
Lost on Purpose – “Anniversary” (Sundays in Spring)
Guitar Folk-Pop | Lost on Purpose is L.A.-based one-man indie band Will Holland. His "Anniversary" EP was released on Belgian Sundays at Spring-Netlabel back in 2005 and can cope with most of the commercial indie Pop outlets easily. Elliot Smith, The Shins, Modest Mouse? Don't spend your expensive listening time on them, get this unpolished nugget into your ears!
Next to V.O., Pokett and Sepia Hours, Lost on Purpose has always been my favourite in the Sundays in Spring-back catalogue. Will's EP opens with "London". Acoustic guitar, harmonica, good vocal-harmonies and some sketches of piano, that's everything Will Holland needs to construct a clever indie Pop song.
"Ohio 2" afterwards is based on a wonderful piano-backing and the layered vocals that sound a bit like Minnesota's finest Low. Phew! "Lonely Road" is a up-tempo masher with tight acoustic guitar and four-to-he-floor handclaps, while “Thank you Music Guru” comes off with sugar-sweet vocal chords and intimate guitar-play. Like Yo La Tengo backing up for Elliot Smith. While everybody needs to quote influences from British bands nowadays, Will Holland’s American indie Pop-music is like a glass of aged whiskey in a display of neon-coloured alcopops
MP3 Folk/Pop Music Download
Release-Download: Lost on Purpose - Anniversary EP
Netlabel: www.sundaysinspring.net
Artist Website: www.lostonpurpose.com
About the Author
This article was written on 16.October 2007 by Bettina Rhymes.
Bettina Rhymes is the journalist alter ego of Sven Swift. Swift runs the established CDr- and Netlabel 12rec.net and acts as a Netaudio DJ every now and then. Next to his job at Phlow Mag, he writes reviews about free music at RUBored.org. Read more articles written by Bettina Rhymes.
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5 responses so far...
oh, this one is truly lovely. i am thirsty for more acoustic and folk music. why not writing something about aerotone.de?
dana said on Oct 16, 2007 at 6:28 pm | Commentlink #1
yeah, aerotone will definitely be featured here. i've been able to lay my hands on aer.010 already and this one is awesome, once again.
Bettina Rhymes said on Oct 17, 2007 at 3:03 pm | Commentlink #2
yeah please lay your hands on this release :) curious reading how you describe the music.
dana said on Oct 19, 2007 at 12:11 pm | Commentlink #3
Hey, this is Will from Lost on Purpose. I just found this site online and I wanted to say thank you for the post. Also, I'd like to send you my new CD but I can't find an email address anywhere - please contact me so I can get your address. Thanks!
Will said on Oct 26, 2007 at 10:07 pm | Commentlink #4
hey will, you're welcome :)
mo. said on Nov 23, 2007 at 1:27 pm | Commentlink #5
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