Audio CD review:
David Usher - Strange Birds

David Usher - Strange Birds

Band: David Usher Title: Strange Birds Rating: Release Date: 2007-04-02 Media: Audio CD Tracks: 1: The Music 2: Brilliant 3: Ugly Is Beautiful 4: So Far Down 5: Spotlight On 6: Science 7: White Flag 8: Happy Endings 9: Life of Bees 10: Blue 11: Some People Say

At the top of his game Usher takes his place easily amoung the best singer/songwriters of his day, he is a true bard. This is David Usher doing what he does best - writing pure poetry and setting it to music so listenable you'll be hard-pressed to take this CD off repeat. The combination of complex lyrics and simple melodies are his trademark, and he's at the top of his game with Strange Birds. I listened to it nonstop during the last 2 months of my pregnancy with my son who was born in June - to this day nothing calms him down like David Usher's voice. David Usher - Strange Birds Can't wait for the next album, they just keep getting better!. Brilliant It seems w/ each CD he just outdoes himself. Dave never fails to amazes me w/ his haunting lyrics of love, faith, drugs, life it just makes you think. I can't understand why Dave hasn't broke through in the US. I'm just glad he's producing more CDs. Some great tracks are 'Brilliant', 'Ugly Is Beautiful', 'White Flag'. Reminds a bit from his Morning Orbit and Hallucinations CDs. Awesome! I would buy from this person again 100%. The CD I bought was in perfect condition, just like it said it would be. Awesome!!!!. Like These Roses "The Music" is a driving rock tune with a wistful reflective quality in the melody. David Usher's new solo CD, the fifth in my collection, continues his excellent musical output. Usher's amazingly original lyrical thrust continues, "I go out every night & hide myself among the lights, bathe in all the pretty things the city brings; The bodies glisten & they shine; Like the stars, we're born to die & like these roses, we all will fade. " "Spotlight On" is another delightful track with the acoustic guitars chiming enchantingly, "Drift away, dawn is breaking; All the people live for coffee, read about the day's disasters; Hustlers & the queens are singing. " Usher builds the tension in the track until it bursts into a gorgeous chorus, "Still we are invincible. " This track ranks with the best of Usher's work. "Life of Bees" is another amazing track with Usher's trademark melodic build, "The wings they uncurl like the strangest of birds; We're all breaking down again. " After his output with Moist and on his fifth CD, his melodic sense begins to feel comfortably recognizable. His work is so amazingly complex and unique that he is an artist whose releases I continue to seek. He is, unfortunately, a well kept secret Stateside. Bravo! . You can see a complete list of all David Usher discography, or go back to the David Usher tabs