The New Yorker and singing / songwriting convert punk singer Jesse Malin has been popular since his debut album in 2002, especially by the British music press and colleagues such as Ryan Adams (who always appears on his albums) and Jakob Dylan. The audience is a bit different from that and that may have to do with the fact that Malin's musical approach is a bit too boisterous and obstinate (his punk
… past) for the singer / songwriter genre. This is especially evident, also on this third album, in his vocals that often sound snarling and overly rough where he articulates the words tough and in the mouth: 'Rawk' n 'rawl' and street value Malin seems to want to impart to his songs. which are occasionally very beautiful. Malin is especially good at writing melodic power songs, full of passionate and visual lyrics. Audible influences come from Paul Westerberg (Replacements) and Bruce Springsteen. The latter does a duet with Malin in the song Broken Radio and perhaps secretly gives its host a heartfelt lesson 'singing rough without forcing'. (MR)more
