I love this boy.

Come To Where Im From is my fav, I think.

You left off Vacancy, but, yeah the one with dat Cockroach is the best.

It's also the only one i Have....

Our Shadows Will Remain, by far.

I haven't heard a second of his music. Would I enjoy it?

I don't like Devendra Banhart or any of that type of shit, but i love Leonard Cohen's early stuff.

Shadows for me............

He's nothing like Devendra.

JA's music is actually pretty dark. Death and abandonment are frequent themes. Which he has a tendency to wrap them up into these neat little romantic packages.

CTWIF is my favorite. And probably the best to start with. Actually, most certainly.

EDIT: Borg, I guess I missed it, but last sunday CBS Morning program did a special on the top five singer-songwriters out there today that are reminiscent of the great era of them i.e. Rickie Lee, Tom Waits, Leonard, Neil Young, Joni Mitchell etc(their comparisons, not mine).

JA was one of them featured.

You are going to murder me for this, but I disagree! While CTWIF is a great album, it is also his most challenging. "In The Sun" is obviously his most well-known song (and catchiest), but the rest of the album is very dark, depressing, and lacks the catchy, radio-friendly melodies you find on the aforementioned song. Well, "Chemical" and "Exausted" are kind of catchy, but those are the exceptions. However, if one gives CTWIF enough time, it seems to end up being people's favorite JA record. There is a lot of depth to the emotion and production values on it.

Personally, I'd recommend Big City Secrets or Our Shadows Will Remain as good starting points.



Cool! I'm glad he's getting some exposure. Most people that I talk to in Ohio don't even know he's from my state!

I prefer to be challenged on my first listen to an artist, actually.

Their most absorbing work right out of the gate.

Stop challenging yourself.

'tay

haha Nah I'll spare your life.

I do disagree though. I think BCS is uneven. Though it's still a great record. And Shadows could almost be dismissed as too poppy in some areas of the record. And Redemption's should be avoided for quite a while til the others are absorbed.

CTWIF is his most interesting and emotional work if you ask me, and probably the truest representation of his music, seeing as that elements of it are on all of his albums but obviously not as strong.