Boomkat loves the Singleman Affair

Lately it seems as if just about everyone is jumping onto the folk bandwagon, you can hardly open a mainstream music magazine without stumbling upon someone banging on about a folk re-issue or another, or a classic folk artist re-discovered – you know what I’m on about. Well, here’s a folky record to give the cynical among you goosebumps. Taking a 60s acid-folk route, Schneider is unafraid of sounding retro, even to the point of mimicking old recording techniques with crumbling analogue all the way and a warm fuzz. The overall sound of this sort of music is almost as important as the songs themselves, and the hissing tape sound on ‘Let’s Kill the Summer’ is absolutely crucial to the listening experience.

Schneider has without a doubt spent much of his youth listening to Tim Buckley, the Byrds and Fred Neil - and their influence towers tall over proceedings here, but with a delicately contemporary feel. “Let’s Kill The Summer” is a hugely enjoyable listen for anyone
willing to delve a bit deeper into singer/songwriter territory and has impressed us more with every repeated listen - a real achievemnt for a record constructed out of the simplest ingredients. Lovely music - a big recommendation.

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