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Little Moon
Grant Lee Phillips
Little Moon
Genres: Country, Alternative Rock, Pop, Rock
 
With golden voice and silver-dipped pen Grant-Lee Phillips presents another milestone in a career brimming with the like. Little Moon is track after track of well-anchored classic American music - Rock and Folk swirl under...  more »

     
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All Artists: Grant Lee Phillips
Title: Little Moon
Members Wishing: 4
Total Copies: 0
Label: Yep Roc Records
Original Release Date: 1/1/2009
Re-Release Date: 10/13/2009
Genres: Country, Alternative Rock, Pop, Rock
Styles: Americana, Singer-Songwriters, Adult Alternative
Number of Discs: 1
SwapaCD Credits: 1
UPCs: 634457220317, 634457220324, 634457220324

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With golden voice and silver-dipped pen Grant-Lee Phillips presents another milestone in a career brimming with the like. Little Moon is track after track of well-anchored classic American music - Rock and Folk swirl under clouds of cinematic strings for a primer on the art of the timeless tune. His legendary well of melody is in full display on Little Moon, with even the most lilting piano ballad standing comfortably on a thick, powerful trunk ('Older Now'). Long one of Los Angeles' most sought after songwriters, Grant-Lee meets Little Moon with positive inspirations including the birth of his daughter Violet ('Violet') and a creative calm that saw the songs well up organically from earlier live collaborations with drummer Jay Bellerose, producer bassist Paul Bryan and keyboardist Jamie Edwards. Captured live in the studio with limited overdubs, the album keenly chronicles the sunny day feel of the songs and that ever-elusive in the moment groove of a finely-tuned band working out equally finely-crafted material.

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CD Reviews

Little Moon Shines, But a bit dimmer than hoped
B. Smith | 02/15/2010
(3 out of 5 stars)

"I own every album Grant Lee Philips has ever released. I have seen him numerous times and I have always found delight in every new direction he has taken musically. Little Moon has some bright moments and the musicianship is very high. Sadly, it just doesn't live up to my expectations for Grant Lee. A few of the songs lack true lyrical depth and hang on a single phrase or idea that play out before he's done repeating it over and over. With lyrics like that, it doesn't draw you in to listen again and again as I have on previous albums. I have found a few songs that I do enjoy hearing over and over. "Nightbirds," Buried Treasure," and "One Morning" are something special. "Strangest Thing" has a great sound, even starting a bit cinematic for Grant Lee, and the lyrics are good, but a bit shallow. Over all, this is a good album. I would buy it again, but I would probably just buy the digital version and save a few dollars."