Simple Life

Singer-Songwriter · 2001 · 13 tracks

Simple Life

Thirteen tracks of bone-dry acoustic folk. Percussive guitar work and intimate, travel-worn storytelling recorded with the warmth of a basement tape.

2001 · Architect Records (2)

A restless, travel-worn solitude that finds beauty in the sparse and the unpolished.

Tracklist · 13 Tracks

01

Hospitals and Jails

3:56

02

Isabel

3:40

03

Lilacs

1:46

04

Simple Life

1:00

05

Summer Dress

2:10

06

Little Details

2:32

07

Isabella, Part 2

3:20

08

In My Grave

2:57

09

Family Tree

2:35

10

Ain't Gonna Die

2:40

11

Amphetamine Girl

2:12

12

12-8 Time

2:36

13

Rebecca Deville

7:03

Moments Worth Listening For

The rhythmic, percussive thumping of the guitar body on 'Hospitals and Jails' that provides the only heartbeat the song needs.

The sudden, stark shift to the seven-minute dream-logic narrative of 'Rebecca Deville' that closes the album in a hypnotic haze.

The way the vocals on 'In My Grave' feel like a secret whispered directly into the listener's ear, bypassing any studio artifice.

Where This Album Departs

How does Simple Life sound next to the rest of Mason Jennings's catalogue?

Storytelling+1.7σ

The writing leans notably further into storytelling than the rest of the catalogue.

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