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After appearing on the soundtrack to the hit TV show The OC, Alexi Murdoch could have easily followed Death Cab for Cutie onto the major label merry-go-round and let a bevy of A&R folks shape him into Next Big Thinghood. Instead, the Scottish singer/songwriter's self-released debut full-length bears haunting similarities to the likes of Nick Drake's Pink Moon, hardly the way to mainstream stardom no matter how many car commercials it inspires. Nearly a third of the album will be familiar to those who already have Murdoch's 2004 EP Four Songs, three-quarters of which is reprised here, including "Orange Sky," the aforementioned small-screen favorite. ("It's Only Fear" is the sole track that didn't make the leap, insuring collector-geek status for the EP.) The remaining eight songs are, in the best possible sense, more of the same, and in the case of the first single "Dream About Flying" and the haunted opener "All My Days," they surpass the older songs. Murdoch's murmuring, Drake-like vocals and John Martyn-style acoustic guitar are at the forefront of the album, with only the most minimal accompaniment. Detractors might dismiss Time Without Consequence as the work of a Cat Stevens for the Garden State generation, but there's a always a place for hushed intimacy and delicate folk-pop singer/songwriters, and Alexi Murdoch fills the bill without the mewling self-absorption of the emo contingent.
© Stewart Mason /TiVo
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Alexi Murdoch, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Kobalt Music, MusicPublisher - Mind Blue Music, MusicPublisher
2009 Nettwerk Productions 2009 Nettwerk Productions
Alexi Murdoch, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Kobalt Music, MusicPublisher - Mind Blue Music, MusicPublisher
2009 Nettwerk Productions 2009 Nettwerk Productions
Alexi Murdoch, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Kobalt Music, MusicPublisher - Mind Blue Music, MusicPublisher
2009 Nettwerk Productions 2009 Nettwerk Productions
Alexi Murdoch, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Kobalt Music, MusicPublisher - Mind Blue Music, MusicPublisher
2009 Nettwerk Productions 2009 Nettwerk Productions
Alexi Murdoch, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Kobalt Music, MusicPublisher - Mind Blue Music, MusicPublisher
2009 Nettwerk Productions 2009 Nettwerk Productions
Alexi Murdoch, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Kobalt Music, MusicPublisher - Mind Blue Music, MusicPublisher
2009 Nettwerk Productions 2009 Nettwerk Productions
Alexi Murdoch, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Kobalt Music, MusicPublisher - Mind Blue Music, MusicPublisher
2009 Nettwerk Productions 2009 Nettwerk Productions
Alexi Murdoch, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Kobalt Music, MusicPublisher - Mind Blue Music, MusicPublisher
2009 Nettwerk Productions 2009 Nettwerk Productions
Alexi Murdoch, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Kobalt Music, MusicPublisher - Mind Blue Music, MusicPublisher
2009 Nettwerk Productions 2009 Nettwerk Productions
Alexi Murdoch, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Kobalt Music, MusicPublisher - Mind Blue Music, MusicPublisher
2009 Nettwerk Productions 2009 Nettwerk Productions
Alexi Murdoch, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Kobalt Music, MusicPublisher - Mind Blue Music, MusicPublisher
2009 Nettwerk Productions 2009 Nettwerk Productions
Album review
After appearing on the soundtrack to the hit TV show The OC, Alexi Murdoch could have easily followed Death Cab for Cutie onto the major label merry-go-round and let a bevy of A&R folks shape him into Next Big Thinghood. Instead, the Scottish singer/songwriter's self-released debut full-length bears haunting similarities to the likes of Nick Drake's Pink Moon, hardly the way to mainstream stardom no matter how many car commercials it inspires. Nearly a third of the album will be familiar to those who already have Murdoch's 2004 EP Four Songs, three-quarters of which is reprised here, including "Orange Sky," the aforementioned small-screen favorite. ("It's Only Fear" is the sole track that didn't make the leap, insuring collector-geek status for the EP.) The remaining eight songs are, in the best possible sense, more of the same, and in the case of the first single "Dream About Flying" and the haunted opener "All My Days," they surpass the older songs. Murdoch's murmuring, Drake-like vocals and John Martyn-style acoustic guitar are at the forefront of the album, with only the most minimal accompaniment. Detractors might dismiss Time Without Consequence as the work of a Cat Stevens for the Garden State generation, but there's a always a place for hushed intimacy and delicate folk-pop singer/songwriters, and Alexi Murdoch fills the bill without the mewling self-absorption of the emo contingent.
© Stewart Mason /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 11 track(s)
- Total length: 00:59:47
- Main artists: Alexi Murdoch
- Composer: Alexi Murdoch
- Label: Nettwerk Music Group
- Genre: Pop/Rock Pop
2009 Nettwerk Productions 2009 Nettwerk Productions
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