Mason Jennings - In The Ever

Jul 15 2008 By Jack Daniels

(Brushfire)

HE’S the Minneapolis singer songwriter who opened Jack Johnson’s gig at the NIA and this is his sixth album, although the first to be released in the UK.

Recorded in a cabin in the woods on a laptop, it’s a curious collection of songs ranging from oddball opener Never Knew Your Name, which balances a minor key vocal and meandering instrumental, to the wry humour of Your New Man, a terrible tale of jealousy recorded live.

Elsewhere, Something About Your Love nods to Neil Young, and the harmonica textured Going Back To New Orleans is brief but excellent.