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A mans man!

MORTEN AASTAD | Oslo Norway | 07/30/2007

(4 out of 5 stars)

"Former Hunters & Collectors frontman, Mark Seymour is back with another collection of fine songs. Great tunes, heartfelt emotion and the musings of an artist in touch with the working man, is what you get whenever you buy one of his records. In some ways, to an outsider (I'm from Norway), he seems not too far removed from fellow countryman Paul Kelly. But Kelly more often documents real history in his songs, while Seymour seems more at home telling everyman stories, of men comming up short, getting to terms with love, or being short changed by the bossman.



This is music with real meat on it's bones, and a great reminder of just how much wonder comes out of that far away southern land.



Still, it's not all rosy red. We know Mark has the burning flame of fist pumping rock anthems in him. Maybe next time, he could let that part come out to play?"