I had heard the name Micah P. Hinson thrown around a bit. I had the CD laying around somewhere in my room. Just another name, never thought much. I forget why or when I decided to listen to it, but I did and there was nothing that instantly grabbed me. Put it aside for a couple days. Went back to it yesterday randomly and something clicked. It's all I listened to last night while I was playing with my new computer, aside from and hour of Soul Patrol and McPheever. Uncomfortably soothing stuff. He's got a great voice and a beautiful knack for storytelling. The back story of being broke and homeless at age 19 before scraping himself together to make music again is almost as devastating as his music. It's gotta take a lot for a 22 year old kid to sound like this.
Listen closely to the Gruff echo of the lyrics throughout this song. Like there's a ghost in the studio. Or an old, toothless man shouting along from the back of a bar somewhere. Even more impressive is I'm pretty sure that's Micah in the background screaming along to his own melancholy. I could be wrong, but he plays everything else on the album, so why not the schizophrenic backing vocals as well?
Micah P. Hinson - The Leading Man (mp3)
That track just nails this one for me. The rest of the album is really strong as well. It's coming out the Tuesday after next, I believe (6.6.06). Keep an eye open for it.
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