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Happy Hollowdays by Craig Bennett
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fave it British Pop | Instrumental Rock
12 tracks | 67 minutes
Released Jan 2001
on BlackCottage Records
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- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 04:11 Wet Playground lyrics BUY MP3 04:11 Wet Playground lyrics "GIFT MP3" 04:11 Wet Playground
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 04:59 Wandering Ways lyrics BUY MP3 04:59 Wandering Ways lyrics "GIFT MP3" 04:59 Wandering Ways
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 07:51 Soviet Tanker lyrics BUY MP3 07:51 Soviet Tanker lyrics "GIFT MP3" 07:51 Soviet Tanker
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- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 03:33 My Little Inner City Ghoul lyrics BUY MP3 03:33 My Little Inner City Ghoul lyrics "GIFT MP3" 03:33 My Little Inner City Ghoul
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With his elegantly layered pop, lush and compelling arrangements and beautifully moody lyrics, Craig Bennett has been called the Best "British" songwriter to come out of America in a long time.
Editorial review
Reviving the sounds of British singer/songwriters from David Bowie to Morrisey, Craig Bennett gives little impression that he actually hails from Macon, GA. As his songs are saturated in a melancholy aesthetic, alternately quirky and cranky, Bennett employs a sly and somewhat obscure wit. His orchestration is generally rather stark, with guitars and keyboards mixing with the occasional cello or horn to create an appropriate sonic backdrop for his coolly detached musings. When at his best, it's possible to hear a little Nick Drake in the soaring pop progression of "Wandering Ways," which boasts choruses that approach a similar melodic elegance. Bennett's voice, however, is clearly evocative of Bowie. Tracks like "Soviet Tanker" and "Strange Machine" find Bennett using cleverly sarcastic reflections to mediate cascading synths that drive arrangements occasionally running a little too long for the average pop tune. Though not startlingly unique, Bennett does well to present his most marketable traits. When his words sometimes fall out of meter, it generally enhances the nonchalant tone of his delivery; where his words are evasive, they allow listeners to find their own implications. That said, Happy Hollowdays is a fully realized effort. ~ Matt Fink, All Music Guide
Bio / Background
For some of us, it has been quite awhile since Great Britain produced a singer-songwriter that has truly captured our attention. Though they haven't exactly been wasting their time, you can grow tired of watching Billy Bragg chase down Woody Guthrie scribbles and Elvis Costello play tag with his heroes. Luckily, one of the best singer-songwriters to emerge from the British pop tradition can be found right under our noses. In Georgia, in fact.
No, Craig Bennett isn't British. But should he have chosen to tell us that he was, it's doubtful many of us outside of his friends and family would have known. He certainly has the slightly depressed, melancholy sensibilities of tunesmiths like Morrisey or Robert Smith, while incorporating a form of disjointed whimsy recalling folkies like Donovan.
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