Keaton Henson - Birthdays review

Keaton Henson - Birthdays

Release date: 25 February 2013
Genre: Folk rock, alternative rock
Label: Oak Ten Records

I wasn't going to write a review for this album yet but I just couldn't keep away from it, I fell completely in love with it. Keaton Henson is an English musician, visual artist and poet from London and was born in 1988. He also formed Oak Ten Records. This guy is shy and suffers from huge stage fright so he rarely does any shows. Most of his shows take place in tiny venues, galleries or museums. This is his second album and it blew my mind! I have to thank Spotify to bringing this guy to my attention because I have never heard anything about him before I started surfing around in there.

I was going to give you like this play by play over the songs of this album but I just can't, all the songs are great the lyrics are really good and it feels like Keaton is speaking to you not just singing. His voice is always like he's braking down it's so beautiful you just want to find him and give him a hug. This album is mostly just guitar but there is a few songs with a full band and they are also damn near perfect! If I would have to choose my favorite songs it would be 10am Gare du Nord, Beekeeper, Sweetheart What have you done to us and You.

I have fallen in love with bands and musicians 3 times in my life first was Radiohead, than it was Bon Iver and now Keaton Henson has a place with them in my soul. And yes in my opinion he is that good.

If you have 1 hour to spend, I recommend finding this album on Spotify or just buy it, put on good headphones and just lie down and listen. I have done that a couple of times now and I always get lost in the music.

I'm not even sure if it's fair to give this album a star rating but as this is a review I will have to and if you haven't guessed it I will give it a full house and it's the first album that I have felt deserver that since I heard Kid A with Radiohead.

Listen if you like: Bon Iver, Fleet Foxes, Mumford & sons, folk music and music with good lyrics.

Author: Daði Freyr.