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- Summary: The California-born singer's follow-up to his 2006 record was produced by No Doubt guitarist Tom Dumont.
- Record Label: Brushfire
- Genre(s): Indie, Rock, Singer-Songwriter
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Vienna | |
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Vienna can you hear me? Lazing on the afternoon Cathedral bells A ringing, ringing, ringing, ringing Ringing the sound Winter can't ignore... | See the rest of the song lyrics |
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Positive: 5 out of 13
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Mixed: 7 out of 13
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Negative: 1 out of 13
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With a plucky guitar, harmonica, piano, and sun-burnished vocals, Costa knows how to work gospel's euphoric uplift into secular music, though he follows the blueprints of his idol (a 'Hurdy Gurdy Man'-era Donovan) a tad too closely.
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Q MagazineHis second album is braver and more expansive and, in the case of 'Cigarette Eyes,' surprisingly angry. He's getting near to brilliant. [Feb 2008, p.95]
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'Emergency Call,' with its Jerry Rafferty-esque hook, marks the highpoint of the album. But the ditties are offset by introspective ballads like 'Never Looking Back,' with its mournful melody, and 'Bound,' a song in which Matt gets his dander up and renounces a woman who’s wronged him.
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Still, despite his naive imitations, Costa has a gift for catchy hooks, and once he figures out who he is musically, the results could be remarkable.
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Certainly there's more to Costa than a one-man acoustical jam, even if his pleasure zone isn't far from the AM Gold dial.
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With such a young, singular talent, it’s a shame to hear him aping other styles when he clearly is full of a wealth of unexplored talent.
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Costa's sophomore album is every bit as anaemic as the Johnson connection suggests.
Score distribution:
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Positive: 3 out of 5
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Mixed: 2 out of 5
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Negative: 0 out of 5
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LaurenceS.Feb 7, 2008
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KevinB.Feb 24, 2008
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NickDFeb 7, 2008
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AllenM.Feb 24, 2008Just OK. It sounded a bit like Paul McCartney's newest. ("Memory Almost Full.")
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MM.Mar 1, 2008
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