Chris Brown - Now That You`re Fed

Holy Cow, out of the blue, arrives Chris Brown who fans of intensely highly stylized power pop will fall down and worship at the Altar Of Brown. Co-Produced and Mixed exquisitely by Chris Manning (Jellyfish) with Chris Bellman(The Who, Neil Young) the Mastering Engineer, "Now That You`re Fed" blossoms with a fresh aired spirit of deeply engaging production flourishes which frequently exert a quiet and haunting allure. Brown laces his songs with vivid imagery, shimmering acoustics and haunting, rewarding melodies. Brown plies his trade with aplomb and craft and vocally is an unusual combination of lush, warm Elliot Smith, Josh Rouse, Duncan Sheik, Kevin Tihista, John Cunningham and, believe it or not, Freddie Mercury---the Queen influence is strong with the seductive soft sighs in the vocal arrangements, you will hear them in more than a handful of places. Brown also brings to mind a more upbeat, more engaging Kyle Vincent, as well as Andy Pratt(think "Avenging Annie"). You`ll hear vague, but familiar refrains of Jellyfish, but they are less prominent than the aforementioned bands/artists. What you will find out front is the simple fact that these 12 songs mesh and merge with a suite-like intimacy, rare to find. As his bio says, it`s a shot of pop oxygen for smoggy musical times.

"Perfect power pop is oft-attempted but rarely attained. By which I mean it rises above the standard formula of chiming chords, hook-filled choruses, and clean guitar strumming. When it`s perfect, the unpredictable arrangements, the lyrics that make you wanna rewind to hear them again, the perfectly-timed bridges, and the ridiculously pretty chord progressions all conspire to make the considerable effort involved seem effortless, timeless, classic, and just plain great. Chris Brown`s glorious, sunny debut album is all that and more, a gorgeous record produced by Chris Manning of fellow power pop geniuses Jellyfish."-Windy Chien. Evidently Chris Brown is an award winning indie filmaker but here the musicianship is such that one would guess that making projects like "Now That You`re Fed" is his day job.

"A perfect sweet powerpop pie with the right ingredients...great harmony vocals and sweet arrangements. Imagine a mix between Jellyfish, Evan & Jaron, XTC, The Lightning Seeds and The Polyphonic Spree..." - Melodic.net. ""A stunning debut...flat out brilliant. Front runner for album of the year in 2006."-Alan Haber, Buhdge.com.

Thanks to Not Lamer Craig Leve who so kindly in making sure we don`t miss great ones like this! Simply a stunner, for folks with high expectations for their pop and big time Extremely Highly Recommended!

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