Carl Sandburg Visits Me In A Dream

There are certain artists where the complete sound doesn’t totally make sense until you actually see the artist.  Not necessarily in person (though that’s ideal) but just seeing the artist himself.  And if the avant-garde goofishness of James Yuill’s look doesn’t makes his sound more coherent, then I’ll be darned! Yuill’s electro-folk fusion is certainly interesting, in the sense that I can’t recall folk music with such upbeat rhythms.  But then again, maybe I’m completely off on the ‘folk’ characterization.  But I think one or two listens will make more sense of what I’m telling you here.  The London native seems an expert at creating suspense, but perhaps even more astute at relieving it.  “The Ghost” has Yuill displaying his chops at the troubadour role, the least infused with electronic instruments and the like.  On the other end is “No Surprise”, which sounds like the lovechild of the Postal Service and Savage Garden (the thought of it kind of makes me cringe, but the song is well executed).  “She Said in Jest” first appears as a dead-end song, until drum synths break in to give the track a whole new life.  These are just a couple of the morsels that await you, so now it’s only time to have a listen yourself.

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Listen to “No Surprise”

Listen to “She Said in Jest“