Project Records
Jesse Lebourdais is the vocalist/guitarist of Vancouver punk band Cambridge, but on this solo outing has unplugged his guitar. After writing five originals Jesse found a database of old public domain songs that were free for the taking and re-working. He did just this with five more, pieced all ten together seamlessly and created quite a diamond in the rough. Albums like this usually have me craving some drums, but you don’t miss them at all on this go around as an array of cool instruments and sounds are featured. Most of the old tunes have a folky bluegrass feel, while his new ones range from punky all the way to the reggae tinged “Four Doors of Freedom” completed with a great piano line. Other memorable tracks are the summer anthem “Hella Tight” and the Johnny Cash-esque “John Hardy”. There is a lot of feeling evoked from these songs and even as mainly a punk fan, everybody needs to turn it down once in a while to chill out, smoke a fatty and reflect upon times of yore and times of fore.
-Denis Maile
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