Benji Cossa - Between the Blue and the Green
Reviewed by david
If I had to create a biography for Benji Cossa based on Between the Blue and the Green, I'd say he spent the past decade puttering around his home listening to most every American pop record from the '60s and '70s he could find in thrift stores, tinkering with pawn shop instruments and playing in innumerable small-time bands which ultimately went nowhere. The story isn't rare, but Cossa's persistence has paid off well in the artistic sense—his latest record attests to his status as a veritable master of bedroom pop. At times he'll delve into something more rustic, matching his voice to imitate the best of back porch crooners. Other times, he's as sunny as The Boy Least Likely To. The only question is, why does he have less than 3000 plays on Myspace? [www.benjicossa.com]