Jeremy Messersmith: The Reluctant Graveyard (2010)
Minneapolis-based indie-popper Jeremy Messersmith trades in understated, intelligent songs often sung from some sort of outsider/underdog perspective.
Named one of NPR’s top ten albums of 2010, The Reluctant Graveyard is populated with ghouls, monsters, and even a rather pushy “deathbed salesman”.
Messersmith makes surprisingly effective relationship metaphors of these creepy characters on a dark, mostly melancholy-sounding record that evokes some of the Decemberists’ early work.
But lest you think Messersmith and Graveyard are monotonously morose, “Knots” breaks the dour mood with the kind of sprightly pop this guy can pull off every bit as effectively.
Still, the overall vibe is very Tim Burton. If you have a fondness for spooky songs with haunting melodies, you’ll be digging The Reluctant Graveyard
Also the video for “Organ Donor” is rather uh, humerus.
Don’t Miss: “Organ Donor”
Listen to: “Knots”
Listen to: “John the Determinist”
Listen to: “A Girl, a Boy, and a Graveyard”
Listen to: “Deathbed Salesman”
See also: https://edcyphers.com/2018/06/08/songs-you-may-have-missed-628/
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