Greg Mendez makes small songs feel enormous on Beauty Land
Greg Mendez releases Beauty Land via Dead Oceans, turning quiet, economical songwriting into something that lands with surprising emotional force.
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Greg Mendez releases Beauty Land via Dead Oceans, turning quiet, economical songwriting into something that lands with surprising emotional force.
Singer-songwriter Greg Mendez returns with Beauty Land on Dead Oceans, crafting devastating, unvarnished acoustic songs about pain and memory.
Greg Mendez releases Beauty Land on 29 May via Dead Oceans, making him one of the strongest singer-songwriter names to watch in the 27 May release-radar section.
Kevin Morby’s Little Wide Open remains one of the essential albums from the 15 May release wave and makes sense as a 17 May weekend-listening highlight.
Kevin Morby releases Little Wide Open on 15 May via Dead Oceans, and the album feels like the work of a songwriter who has learned that quietness can carry enormous weight.
Kevin Morby’s Little Wide Open received a major critical spotlight on 14 May, one day before its official 15 May release via Dead Oceans.