- Rock/Pop
- 2009
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Reviewed by Mike Farley
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Instead of kicking off with something bouncy, Barber does so with a stunning acoustic ballad, "Easily Bruised," which has the kind of memorable hook that makes you literally feel like you’re in your own movie, and that this is the soundtrack. Barber still keeps the tempo medium but the hook as equally catchy as it is lo-fi on "And You Give." "Where The River Bends" and "Modern Woman" are equally riveting, stop-you-in-your tracks type songs, and then Barber kicks things up a notch with the jangly "One Little Piece of My Love" and painfully realistic "Sleep Please Come to Me." Finally, "Our Voices" sounds like a church anthem—simple yet powerful.
While albums with such compelling songs might sound like they’re effortless to write and produce, those of you who write and record music know better. To do it the way Matthew Barber did on Ghost Notes, which by the way was self-produced, is a gift. And we’re just lucky that his music is starting to leak over the border. Now go seek this one out, and then go tell your friends that you heard it first.
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