David Karsten - Daniels Fear of Flying (Fat Cat)
Text: Phil Hebblethwaite
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A talented songwriter who largely escapes being po-faced because he always has something to say.
Early albums were bitty, found-sound affairs - a lo-fi approach he rejected with his last record and finally destroys here.
It’s a very serious and brave LP, full of grand pronouncements and soaring arrangements. But stick a pencil in my eye if he doesn’t grate the shit out of you by the end of it.
