Hudson Bell
Captain of the Old Girls
Upperworks
2002
Rating: 6.5 liberty bells out of 10
Hudson Bell falls into the singer-songwriter category, but is not defined by it. To generalize, he is a combination of folky country, pop, and indie rock. His voice and sound are very reminiscent of Jay Farrar (of Son Volt and Uncle Tupelo fame), but less twangy and a bit more upbeat. The lyrics are not too terribly different from the typical singer-songwriter fare - tales of lover’s past, present, and future, or stories like someone might tell over a campfire on a warm and humid summer night. Not a bad song in the lot, but particular favorites of mine include the rocking "Halcyon Days", the mellow and feedback-laden "Expatriate", and "Vials in the Stump", which is somewhat reminiscent of Isaac Brock when he is in his Ugly Cassanova mode.
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