A groovy combination of heavy bass line, backbeat strum, and roots-y keyboard additions like Wurlitzer and harmonium, creates a pulsing energy that pushes this warm mix forward. With a soft-spoken vocal suspended halfway between the styles of Ben Gibbard and Paul Simon, Shane Leonard strikes a philosophical tone, leveraging an effortless lyricism that blends a personal narrative with the universal force of informed hindsight.
It’s no fun if we don’t at least pretend we know what we are doing; this self-effacing homage to brutal honesty and tough-love strikes a balance between zen naturalism and urban poetry.