Blake Miller - Together With Cats
Reviewed by david
Blake Miller's press sheet lays praise upon the 19 year-old that he's not quite ready for--"...[he] stands to quickly become one of the most renowned singer-songwriters of our day." Together With Cats is his bare-boned debut, full of multi-layered falsetto vocals, Akron/Family-esque harmonies, and fuzzy production complementing the acoustic guitars and occasional harmonica or violin. The still-ripening Miller finds himself nearing the area labeled with the dreaded "freak-folk" signs, but the subject matter is steeped moreso in traditional and "normal" matters than say, Devendra Barnhart, and though he presents himself (appearance, performing name, album artwork) as the typical coffeeshop balladeer, he's got a lot more up his sleeves. Download "In Our Own Places" [here] [www.exitstencilrecordings.com]