Sony
2006
Bone Clouds
About This Album
There was some concern among fans that after singer/songwriter Mason Jennings became the first artist to be signed to Glacial Pace, an Epic imprint run by Modest Mouse frontman Isaac Brock, he would succumb to major-label over-production temptations. The Minnesotan, however, assured everyone that the increased funding and advertising wouldn't compromise any of his artistic integrity. For the most part, Jennings, in his Epic debut, Boneclouds, stays true to his musical vision -- for the most part, because there are some noticeable changes. For example, the rough, organic feel that many of his previous albums had (even those that also featured a band) is replaced with smoother, reverby pianos and guitars and vocal harmonies. It's not an overpowering difference, but it's definitely there. And he also chooses to experiment a bit stylistically. "Some Say I'm Not" sounds like something the White Stripes would do if Jack White decided to play an acoustic guitar and explore Middle Eastern chants, and it's a little out of character for Jennings, though it still works. Sadly, the same cannot be said about the keyboard-synth number, "Where the Sun Had Been," a new wave-meets-Mick Jagger-meets-David Gray piece that, while it's not necessarily bad, is such a departure from what Jennings has done that it's almost shocking, and certainly confusing.
Track List (try tracks 1,2,3,4,5,6 and 7)

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